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The word 'uncannie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
uncannieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.3148
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 23 5 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 3
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of uncannie in Corpus

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Aberdeen

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
ck. Noo this wis thocht richt uncannie haein a meenister on board a on page 98

1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
e came near ye could feel the uncannie heat radiatin fae her as thou on page 61
sklent roond the classroom wi uncannie glisterin een. "You," she sai on page 140

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
ti be sauntit awa again in an uncannie wey, tho no juist haillie (th on page 5

3 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
intae a lang, uncannie rair. on page 38

1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
n awa fae tribble, bit it wis uncannie the wey Archie wad aye be pra on page 21
craik. No a lood craik, bit a uncannie craik, an A cuid hear wee spl on page 24

2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
rt intae the watter makkin it uncannie tae gaun ower near the edge. on page 59

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
owk kythe the belief in their uncannie pooers that maist fowk had la on page 62

1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
litical union wadna wirk. His uncannie son Chairles I (rang 1625-164
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
aisie smickert at hir freen's uncannie impersonation o hir ma. on page 21

1 matches

General Ulster

Smyth, Anne I Corinthians 13, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster, prose
oaphecy an tak up aa that’s uncannie an aa kines o wittins; the ma
1 matches

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