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The word 'incident'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
incidentOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.42820
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 12.2 5 3
WCE - West Central 17.8 4 3
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 37.2 6 3
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 incident in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
saa Steve standan there. The incident knocked some stones aff wir b on page 64

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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
uel to an auld body. One more incident and ban them fae leaving the (2020)

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
t, Av niver seen em since eis incident. So a shut doon thi throttle on page 17

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
urely ye myn aboot the spewin incident on the wye here? Aat wis aa y on page 41

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Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
in her hoose alone and a wee incident in ma kitchen involvin the mi
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General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
tae rescue oor Sooty, an the incident wi the saw, he hadnae gone ne on page 118

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North East Central

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
We ken fae this incident that at least by the time o L
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(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
knows. It turned oot the hale incident wis aw oor a boay workin at P on page 20
no mentioned nuttin aboot the incident at the pub and ah'm surprised on page 39
n English fur the unfortunate incident." on page 131

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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
education. For example, in a incident at ane o the gaitherins o the
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 108, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
He thocht that thon incident whaur a Sheriff haed daured a
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West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
een actin as if the tuck shop incident never happent; she's no said on page 102
spoke since the chair flingin incident. Put yir haun up, he says, If on page 128

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
aiblins based oan a raellife incident, but the character hus nae ke on page 123

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Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
whenever anyone mentioned the incident, or spoke the name Livvy, as
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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
it seems that eftir this last incident Geordie, tho nivver brocht ta on page 111

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Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
een told by Nichols since the incident, at hearing this Evans’ fac
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McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Then there wis the incident in the “Caves” at Succoth
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
innocence o’ blame fir this incident, an’ o’ course the mair h
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McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
When A reminded her o’ the incident, she avowed, indignantly that
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Even wae that ah hud a nasty incident in the toilet nixt tae the re
e Anthony fuckin Joshua. Said incident is likely a reference tae ma
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Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
wae McDade an Pearcey, an the incident. Ah’d tried tae keep it und
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
he’s no came near since the incident at the park, he will though.
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Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
ry fly Fifer twist tae it. Ae incident she fund affie funny took pla on page 23

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General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
duin it a puckle times athout incident, the
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South West (Galloway)

Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - The Scaffie Man’s Tale, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
l taken into custody after an incident in Renfield Street." Gie's a on page 113

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