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The word 'oblivious'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
obliviousOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.51510
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 2
SHD - Shetland
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 15.4 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
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) 65.6 1 1
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 oblivious in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Some fock wakked by, oblivious. Some on page 30

2 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
and scuttlan in perty style, oblivious, on page 146

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ah'm oblivious, ye see. on page 24

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
re her comment. Paul, who wis oblivious tae oor differences oan the f on page 31
ack his path as Aldo is still oblivious tae oor impendin problem. on page 112

2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
in the flat cap was stannin, oblivious o imminent doom. She clamped on page 102

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
in full swing, and they seem oblivious tae ma presence. Until, that
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
boattoms. The fanny is still oblivious tae the fact ma eyes are curr
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
uad up the Mansion. We wurnae oblivious tae the main gathering's exis on page 23

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
y’re starin straight aheid, oblivious tae whit’s happenin ootside
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
s insteidy lamas. They seemed oblivious tae the commotion; ah suppose
1 matches

General Central

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
cross frae me; the laddie was oblivious to the effect of his voice, i on page 3

1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The Potemkin Pairty, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
in as peasants, wavin tae the oblivious diplomats on the boat. Murphy
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
a still a man Efter aa that. Oblivious thochts, aye, an thran, Drap on page 30

1 matches

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