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The word 'terrified'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
terrifiedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12719
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh 31 5 3
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 2
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 5
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)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of terrified in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
coo at any time, but sheu wis terrified whin the veet's cam tae deu t on page 15

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
a see what he's laek noo, dat terrified boy i da dock", an in da end on page 58

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Isbister, Sonny Caves aroond Shetland, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
˜Aaaargh!’ shouted Joahnny, terrified!
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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
in oot o't - ay, richt like a terrified bairn, uncanny yon, near huma
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
"Weel, Pranny wis terrified o demons, bit the auld bodach
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
dain here?!" ah ask her, in a terrified, panicked state. on page 82

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West Central

Cunningham, Liam Tam, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Bellshill, prose
wife, it wiz as if a wiz pure terrified ae ir, almost like a wiz in a
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
no? Despite the whisky he wis terrified an jist wantit hame! His cen on page 69
The puir lassies were terrified. In fact there wis naethin oo on page 97
- she wis starin at the nou terrified mannie in the bunnet - they on page 102

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Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
Bot tho A wes that terrified bi the idaia o the sie-farin on page 5

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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
eatrice in the cab aside her, terrified an lichtheidit fae the altitu
sel as a stag in rut, pursuin terrified females aroon the huts - the
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
d lung cancer. He became that terrified at the thoat ae dyin that he
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
t ah’m no massel and ah’m terrified that ah’m gonnae gee him an
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
Huey looks terrified. Ah pull him away fae the wee on page 7
pleads. A few auld dears look terrified. The worst is yet tae come as on page 26

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
doon ma face as I sat there, terrified, as always. He proclaimed: on page 2

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Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ae Nance's cothous, whaur twa terrified weemin were courit thegither on page 52

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McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
municate n this made the trio terrified along wae many ither wurds. S
1 matches

General Central

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
re feart o Miss Bell, we were terrified o him. My goad whit a man, he on page 120

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@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
hees eesel fae the cat an wiz terrified, even whin she wiz a teeny we(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
cat eat like this. It must be terrified it'll no get its fair share.(2020)

@rattlecans tweeted
ittle The middle class are so terrified of extreme right wing picking (2022) twitter link
content, our Mas and Das were terrified weÂ’d play with the caunles. (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
the actual teachers. They are terrified for themselves and their ain (2021)

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
The puir dug's terrified o the noise an on page 56

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