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Use in varieties of Scots

upset Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words20.3 16.4 36.2 19.9 11.6 10.3 17.7
Number of occurrences6532 24 2 2 1 4
Number of authors44 22 15 2 1 1 3

Occurrences of upset in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ven Addison's maw looks a bit upset. She's lookin at hur son wae on page 55

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
muckle mou has said nocht tae upset ye.' on page 69

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
ain, the truth is jist gonnae upset Siobhan. Ah widnae want tae u on page 1

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
he Toun Cooncil were a bittie upset. In thae days afore electrici on page 125

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
knew ah'd jist end up gettin upset an thinkin aboot aw the nasty on page 101
d at birth. Charlene got dead upset afterwards an she had tae get on page 105
masel cause ah didnae wantae upset her. It's no Yvonne's fault s on page 169

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
atit tae see ma wee lassie aw upset like that, sae I swore I wid on page 30

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
, the day; ye dinnae want tae upset the Jews?' on page 126

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
an her crabbit pal wid be too upset tae mind o the missin bag. Th on page 43

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
saw Marie today, but she was upset so I kept my distance.' on page 117

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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
an hiz onkils wuidna grie, he upset
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Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Tammy an the Cheese Plant, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
“That’s no aa he upset bi aa accounts,” added Wull
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ld Weep, Mrs Wilson gets fair upset:
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
The neibors maun aw be upset
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Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
nin doon her face. It made me upset, seein ma sister greet, and s
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Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
micht explain why I wis less upset than expected when we had tae
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
he phone the noo, she’s too upset. She asked me tae phone ye. A
1 matches

Neil, Gabriel The Green Pairty: Holyrood’s nixt opposition?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ens micht cause an unexpeckit upset i Holyrood nixt year. Sae muc
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Gillespie, Alan Mon the Rovers, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, prose
e. And Raith Rovers failed to upset the odds against the German g
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
appened to ma bairns i wid be upset... Got done for being disabal(2020) search twitter
@ThomasM08749768 Upset isn't a threat and i wisnae b(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
blic. She didnae care wha she upset, though. She wisnae a nice wu(2020) search twitter

@MizLiot tweeted
dinnae bother me. He’s jist upset at being called oot on his cr (2021) twitter link
Scots. O aw the hings tae get upset at a Scottish person for... s (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ndrewgrubb35 quite a few folk upset the night m8 - sum oh ma com (2021) twitter link
kin spell brother - dinna b upset cos av nae pals lol (2021) twitter link
wee goodnight kiss - she got upset earlier at the language billo (2021) twitter link
- a dinnae go oot ma way tae upset folk lol (2021) twitter link
ow the football community get upset - its a disgrace (2020) twitter link

Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
e fowk in the Howe were richt upset at Mains. Wullie fae the Main on page 84

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Blackhall, Sheena Tales Fae The Doric Side - Bullied, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
I wet the bed I wis sae upset on page 55

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Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ieve she hid said that, I wis upset that I hid lost ma pal. So, t on page 60

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
retrieve her hanbug. Willie, upset it the unwelcome interruption on page 33
"Ah thocht ye'd bi mair upset. Ye're takkin it affa weel." on page 49

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
It's easy tae upset me on page 106
Dinna upset wir bed bugs on page 191

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
re, as e March Hare hed joost upset e milk-jug intill his plate. on page 71
old-fish she hed accidentally upset e week afore. on page 112
edy bitty fae e shock o be-an upset, an their slates an pencils h on page 113

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Johnstone, Ian Tuney Loon's low doon, (The Fraserburgh Herald 2000) Doric, newspaper
e rest we'll forget incase we upset some.
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
ety o their hoose. Teenie wis upset, as she raved an ranted, the
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
ng." Yon news lad seemed affa upset. Jonsar Eck felt
He micht be a wee bit upset.
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Robson, Euan Peelie wally, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
s a thocht it wid be. She wis upset bit she his tae admit that it
1 matches

Mitchell, Kiera Fit why nae?, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
Dee I really wint ti upset her like is?
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Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
ideo, but I didna ken fit had upset her. It wis jist a wifie sing
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Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
the jaicket that she got gye upset. She teen a photo fae her han
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Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e could. Daavid wiz mair than upset because this wiz the bonny se
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Shearer, Gillian Skitin Oan Thin Ice, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2019) Doric - Alford, prose
ink in the sunset. He wis yon upset he felt his hert melt.
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
@PatersonStan Nah nae upset aboot it. Jist dinna get how (2017) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
runk. To cowp is to overturn, upset or ruin; From Old French, cou (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
me chappan wi the hammer that upset him. Or mibee id wis me groot on page 21

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Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ice doon fur ah'll no hae her upset." on page 50

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
el, I wis nivver seen her dis upset ower her dreams. An it's aa t on page 52
es a park yowes." I saa I wis upset him, so I tried ta remedy da on page 63

2 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
Auchterarder. Ae day hei upset the umwhile Yid Nichol, “th
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
hat some unearthed ghaist wud upset a nicht that felt less hallow on page 3

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Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
An upset hoose's a pooerfu coast. on page 42

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Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
e, es the Mareh Hare had jest upset the milk-jug intae haes plate on page 74
ee bit frae the shock o baein upset, an thir slates an pencils ha on page 117

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