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The word 'mysterious'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
mysteriousOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.72520
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
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
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.7 5 4
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
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 mysterious in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Aal around me wis dark and mysterious noo. on page 72

1 matches

Brown, Moyra Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
, the awid, creepy big hoose, mysterious spooky and strange, on page 29

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
aar drems is twined wi memory Mysterious as sleep, on page 6

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
There's mysterious beasts that prowl aboot That on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
irprise, like...Ah wint te bi mysterious an conceal ma gweed looks." on page 52

1 matches

General Northern

Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
auntie tells ye. “Long ago mysterious things happened here. It’s
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
mind swiftly returns tae the mysterious whereaboots ae Dougie and the on page 169
ce. She then gestured tae the mysterious south Asian boay. on page 189

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Mine as mysterious as His, forby. on page 22

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A've got this mysterious pain.
1 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
te wi the family until his “mysterious” disappearance. That partic
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
'Because we're taiglin wi mysterious forces, pet, that we ken naet on page 173

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Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
“The mysterious removal in 2000 o even this a
an 1984 wid’ve been ok. The mysterious removal in 2000 o even this a
2 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
eapit that he kent aboot this mysterious country caa’d Sugarcandy Hi
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
tae the Chinese, alang wi yer mysterious pal. He’s certainly ruein i
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ealthily oan yir shoodirs, aw mysterious and troubled? It disnae trans on page 3

3 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
. F 'An praise be, in his ain mysterious wey, the Guid Lord answert oo on page 31

1 matches

General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
reserve the richt tae wark in mysterious weys, ma wunners tae perform. on page 50

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
nd he said saftly, 'But maist mysterious o aw, Chairlie, were the shad on page 20
oved Gowden Ticket hauders - mysterious and mervellous surprises that on page 60

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ountai61137001 @andrewjonsso "mysterious"? That's a strynge adjective (2020)

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
yawned daurk an mysterious, on page 16

1 matches

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