A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

distracted Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.7 2.5 3 19.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences95 2 2 0 0 0
Number of authors9 5 2 2

Occurrences of distracted in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
friend left is Taz, but he's distracted, tellin two lassies the tales on page 25

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Distracted fae a fitba goal on page 49

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Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
e wis still so sair. I wis so distracted that I didnae notice the ming
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McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
e follied. As the beasts were distracted, the trio seized their chance
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Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
™m tellin ye. Mare insular an distracted, so he is.
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Doric

Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
Am affa sorry mam. I jist got distracted makin a huttie in i widdies,"
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
essie could see the Laird wiz distracted and deep in thought. Commin t
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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
a, says Inga, shruggan. Noor, distracted, picks a slaet fer the docket on page 115

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Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ship, and while Mimi Marwicks distracted bae a horrid bonny pair o nut on page 87

1 matches

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