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The word 'scared'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
scaredOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.44128
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 31.5 3 2
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 10.3 4 3
WCE - West Central 31.1 7 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 20.1 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.1 10 8
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) 58.1 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 scared in Corpus

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Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Bessie, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Mither, help me please, A'm scared, on page 19

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Are you scared, Maggie o Quoys? on page 21

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
wire, waakan doon the pier - scared on page 13

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
watching me. Nobody knows how scared it maks me feel. Hid's a kind on page 85

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
a ken wan," sade Alice, kinda scared at what he suggested. on page 69

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
ty! A’v nivvir been as shit-scared as A wiz that furst time. A t
Ye ken hoo a rabbit sits shit-scared an schyoopit in a cawr’s’
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
red at this but niver saw the scared look on the cook’s face as
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
aelstrom o flakes, an he near scared a wifie oot her wits bi shaki on page 32

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
scared shitless on page 25

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
a thing. Ah could see she wis scared stiff. Ah wis feart an aa, bi
1 matches

General Northern

Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
the beastie. Ye wir a wee bit scared o the monkey. Ye thocht it wi
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
ae abduct one of my students. Scared the shit oot them (2022) twitter link
e being developed - he truly scared the shit oot me with his expe (2020) twitter link

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
But Hercules wisna scared. "Come on then, Buhl," he sho on page 31

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
hnny was sittin lookin wee an scared, his blonde hair toosied an h on page 1

2 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
men wad hae it that the noise scared the herrin'. on page 33

1 matches

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
dnae say a peep, like she wis scared ch her. on page 7

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
hauns lik a gorilla an ah wis scared she might batter me so ah jis on page 72
d ah bottled oot cause ah wis scared in case the number came up on on page 146
Scared that he was soon to be outed, on page 157
ront ae me in History an ah'm scared tae lean too far forward in c on page 169

5 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
nt ae me in History an ah’m scared tae lean too far forward in c
1 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
e group. As Liam jolted back, scared, he fell intae the nearby fen
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
'They're...' she looks scared tae tell us. 'Photos of me. N on page 29

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
njured and a hell of a lot of scared kids in the process. I was in on page 56

1 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
s. Ma mate Jim said they were scared because of wit folk said aboo on page 37
g because the other lads were scared of me, he jist thought a coul on page 38

2 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
eh? Ye ken the wans. They're scared tae wish an' aim an' graft fu on page

1 matches

MacGregor, Rose Lallans 102 - The Big C Roller Coaster, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, poetry
Noo dinnae be scared, an wantin aff, as we whirl a on page 69

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Darnley: Ye're nae scared o me, eh? on page 31
an scared aff the assassins. on page 35

2 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
ce: his bark on a loop. I wis scared o it, that long thing that lo
s the worst feeling – being scared in case there's something wor
2 matches

Curt_Kenobi Mates, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
It scared the shit outta me when, after
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
g event today tae pleeeeease! Scared but excited! YIKES!? X(2015)

@raiphsays tweeted
tch up indyref. Whit are they scared of? English folk, ye huv tae (2020)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
nd up tae the leader. Or he's scared of her. Who knows ?? (2022) twitter link

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Warwick, Matthew Tha Feardie Geng hae tae bide at hame, (Sensory Attachment Centre 2020) Ulster - Ballymena, weans
Tha Scared Gang fowk, drawins an yairns
1 matches

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