Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'exotic'

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Use in varieties of Scots

exotic	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	5.2	17	15
ORK - Orkney	9.9	1	1
SHD - Shetland	11.6	2	2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	3.3	1	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	10.9	1	1
DOR - General Northern	4.4	1	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	5.1	2	2
WCE - West Central	13.8	3	2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	9.1	2	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	2.7	2	2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)	27.8	2	2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of exotic in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Haggis tasting notes, and whisky pairings, (Brisk Northerly 2019) Orkney, blog
doesna owerstep the mark. An exotic pork haggis, Williamson’s h
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
year dey'll _ maybe be a new exotic name alangside his ane, whin on page 6

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
luscious an exotic, on page 45

1 matches

Mid Northern A

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
wn @molach95 @LairnScots Mair exotic yet...Banff on e Moray Rivier (2020) twitter link

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
1800s) are far ye can fin the exotic plants fae ither airts. on page 16

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General Northern

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
er doon e' road neither. Jist exotic spices selt ayre noo.(2019)

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
this Burma hid nocht adae wi exotic plisses like Rangoon ir Manda on page 26

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Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
kle tae think aboot faur-aff, exotic places like Scotland. It wis
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ome we'd never been any place exotic, aw he did though wis haun me on page 164

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Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
e bitty exciting cus they wis exotic an’ apart fae the orange cl
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
aker, fillin the room wae mad exotic jungle sounds messin wae ma b
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
aromatic smells ay spices an exotic , middle-class dishes bein pre
1 matches

General Central

Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
e seein the shelfs fou wi the exotic fuids o ither nations whiles
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
meenit, Ah thocht thir wis an exotic bird loose in ma street. Then(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
time here, there, everywhere. Exotic, distant fae oor far aff hame on page 24

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@StuartPoet tweeted
en I get in at night. No more exotic to me than any other Scots wo(2020)