| expected | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Corpus | 13.9 | 46 | 36 |
| ORK - Orkney | 19.9 | 2 | 2 |
| SHD - Shetland | |||
| TON - Tonge | |||
| NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) | 35.2 | 1 | 1 |
| NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) | |||
| MNA - Mid Northern A | 13.1 | 4 | 3 |
| MNB - Mid Northern B | 111.9 | 1 | 1 |
| SNO - South Northern | |||
| ABN - Aberdeen | |||
| DOR - General Northern | 26.6 | 6 | 6 |
| NEC - North East Central | |||
| SEC - (South) East Central | 18 | 7 | 4 |
| WCE - West Central | |||
| DUN - Dundee | |||
| EDN - Edinburgh | 31 | 5 | 4 |
| GLA - Glasgow | 35.2 | 7 | 7 |
| AYR - Ayrshire | |||
| LAL - General Central | 6.6 | 5 | 5 |
| SEA - South East (Borders) | 12.1 | 1 | 1 |
| SWE - South West (Galloway) | 13.9 | 1 | 1 |
| 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) |
Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
the banks — juist whit wis expected.
1 matches
Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
actices' state that, ‘It is expected that practitioners will build
1 matches
Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
her mither wiz awa, she ayee expected tae see her sittin on her che
1 matches
Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
the moment but Lord Braco wiz expected up at the weekend fae Edinbur
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@72redz1903 tweeted
air minutes pre season than I expected- if the lad is a player hes (2022) twitter link
@beast_afc tweeted
nically ene o them so did huv expected at mentioned. He already had (2020)
@cligeey tweeted
@Barber_Singer 5 degrees expected the nicht(2020)
@Franwella tweeted
itting...slightly longer than expected!!! xx(2011)
@fittiecrooners tweeted
t it is Monday, but she never expected the raft osome lassie ranti(2020)
Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
we alweys end up dain what's expected ae us. Which is tae come up s on page 21
shot who isnae dain what wis expected and dyin a quick death. on page 39
d oaff his heatin. And ah wis expected tae sit there enjoyin masel. on page 81
3 matches
Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ain why I wis less upset than expected when we had tae hae him rehom
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
s fae the usa m8 - its tae b expected though as a wis born oan inde (2020) twitter link
McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
meant “cannon fodder”, expected tae fecht an’ die tae achie
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McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
ther harsher answer than they expected!
1 matches
Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
a beat. “As well as can be expected, thank you,” she sayed, add
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
s healed up as well as kin be expected. He’s sportin a predictable
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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
re triplets" "To be honest, I expected better from your business, th on page 3
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Kennedy, Julie Ma Mum and William Wordsworth, (Howkin Words Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1399988971) Central, prose
l. The reaction's better than expected; she pure runs doon the stair on page 9
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Atkins, Elise Billy Barr ’n’ Jonny Jimison’s Day Oot!, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central, prose
arcel. It wiz heavier than he expected. Billy thought tae himsel the
1 matches
Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
t wi a nip in the air. Hudnae expected this.
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e a plan as kin reasonably be expected, the state these two ur in.
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Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
A expected this kind ae behaviour fae ch
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
dit "...that most MSPs can be expected to understand spoken and writ on page 121
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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
iences and outcomes and it is expected that practitioners will build
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@g_hibby tweeted
Johni1967 @poloandsons ??.. I expected nothing else John.. Aw' the b (2023) twitter link
@jax6754 tweeted
Im an occassional insomniac = expected as no had any fir ages! Time (2015)