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The word 'puzzled'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
puzzledOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.13618
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 316.5 9 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 49.9 4 1
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of puzzled in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
at his phone, puzzled. The deid man kerried oan on page 30

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
hit cam a da bairn?" I aksed, puzzled. on page 44

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Alice wis more an more puzzled, but she thoucht thir wisna u on page 50
Alice felt fair puzzled. What e Hatter sade seemed ti on page 67
o livan would be lek, boot id puzzled her too much: so she went on: on page 70
ook up in her face, wi such a puzzled expression at she couldna hel on page 79
y thing appearan mm e air: id puzzled her an awful lot at first, bu on page 80
Also on pages 98, 101, 107, 115
9 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
I wint tae the doctor he wiz puzzled why I should hae TB. Aifter a
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
put oot at this an mair than puzzled as tae why she got me tae loo
oon dark. I wiz fairly gettin puzzled aboot fit wiz gyan on, even t
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
e rotten baa like yon?” she puzzled. “I’d far raither bide on
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
Ah gied him a puzzled look. on page 14

1 matches

General Northern

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
he lanky loon tae his rear, a puzzled luik oan his face. "Is this m on page 76

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Jonsar Eck wis affa puzzled wi Mounthooly Doocot. He ofte
mind this is Sunday," said a puzzled Hazel. "Fit Sunday,
2 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
flooer that hid the judge fer puzzled. He muttered. "In ae wye it's
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
"What?" Craig says. Pure puzzled. on page 135
ure that hus left me somewhat puzzled. Especially when yae consider on page 169

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Hughie wis puzzled. The landlady had fixed the l on page 38

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
y cursin. The lads were a bit puzzled fer Resurrectionists normally on page 110

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
He tilts his heid and looks puzzled. By this point ah’m too con
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
The pair ae thum look at me puzzled and unconfident.
1 matches

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
iddles wi his scarf and looks puzzled but nods. on page 27

1 matches

Atkins, Elise Billy Barr ’n’ Jonny Jimison’s Day Oot!, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central, prose
“How no?” puzzled Billy.
1 matches

Ayrshire

Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
me oot fae her hoose, looking puzzled as tae why Ah wis still here.
1 matches

General Central

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
(Douglas luiks puzzled.) on page 35

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
ferm table, pen in haun, an a puzzled froun on his face. There's a on page 17

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
n audiences are likely tae be puzzled by references tae Cameron and
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Ahlice was mair an mair puzzled, but she thocht there was nae on page 51
ous appearance in th air: eet puzzled hur a fair on page 82
e an awfy funny feelin, which puzzled hur a lot until she made oot on page 110
boot eet." (Th jury aw looked puzzled.) on page 118

4 matches

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