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The word 'exposed'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
exposedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.33125
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 2
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 12.9 5 3
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of exposed in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
h'm sittan on a tractor, erse exposed tae aal the airts. on page 47

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@peediepuss tweeted
or north to Skaill. Wild and exposed but the west coast at (2020) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
utside the noo My underwear's exposed tae view" on page 15

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Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
be no. Bit I dinna wint ti be exposed ti the source o the informati on page 94

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Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
e environments far bairns are exposed tae a wealth o Doric an Scots
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Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
sae as much o him is exposed on page 55

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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
een broken open, the contents exposed.
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General Northern

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
play fer keepin' the puppies exposed in @ScottishSun. Wi this caul(2015)

North East Central

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
Meadows. The hale scheme wis exposed whan the twa killers murdert
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(South) East Central

Calder, Bob Lallans 82 - Ae Legend o Sanct Benedict, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
in a confined space exposed to prayer on page 52

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
Scots speakers. They shuid be exposed tae written forms o thair ain
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
iew o each character as it is exposed. This creates a cinematic vie
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
h coccoon aboot wi it an isna exposed tae spoken Scots, no even fra
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ans far 2 many things getting exposed now about the snp - they can (2021) twitter link

West Central

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
expression ‘a bad man just exposed humsel’ tae me doon the sta
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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
weys o thinkin than they were exposed tae at schuill, leads tae a g on page 84
xceptionalism that Prof Boyle exposed sae succinctly. on page 143

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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
fair reluctant tae be legally exposed an responsible for men daein on page 59
the place an, wi it bein sae exposed on the tap o the hill there, on page 88

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Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
™ a sair heid! A felt sma’, exposed an’ feart! A’d loaded ma
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
cht in the oothoose - it wis exposed, bit the door faced awa fae t
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Glasgow

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
nut. Mah uncle's big, crusty, exposed ear hole is right there in fr on page 76

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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
vity low, graspin at weeds an exposed tree roots tae steady himsel.
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Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
Billy. Whiles tae, ye wad get exposed tae Scots words ye hadnae hea on page 23

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General Central

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
eaves. Further on, in a place exposed tae the scourge of the weathe on page 3

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ies, at ma ain generation was exposed tae at the schuil, wi its wea on page 56

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 62 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
it, ony life on the grund wis exposed tae hie-energy radiation fae
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
whan mainstream media is bein exposed as unrepresentative o fowks o
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ae Better Thegither were bein exposed an fowk that votit Na were re
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Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
udience (includin Scots never exposed tae the Scots leid in print)
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East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
he babbie lyin there, coul an exposed. She stuid up an cried "God A on page 33

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