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Use in varieties of Scots

complain Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.1 13.4 16.6 0 11.6 0 13.3
Number of occurrences4226 11 0 2 0 3
Number of authors31 17 9 2 3

Occurrences of complain 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
"Well yir maw doesnae complain, when we aw turn up at hur do on page 25

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
uid stuff ye huv, rather than complain aboot a' the lack o' stuff ye on page

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
ah make the offer, he cannae complain. on page 1

1 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
' oot o' them. Ah'd better no complain aboot that tho', it wad be we on page 5

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
r, she'd be the first wan tae complain. on page 94
ma come up tae the school tae complain aboot it. Bunsen an Harpreet on page 119
fix her hair an her nails an complain abjoot how crap oor team wis on page 169

3 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
take time aff tae come in and complain. Every penny counted too much on page 38

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
ll gie ye that, bit ye cannae complain jist look at ma flat. It's sp on page 45

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
But the brave warrior couldna complain. He still had six o them tae on page 30

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
ers an the wee Gemma used tae complain because ye couldnae git movin on page 44

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
We're gey reluctant tae complain
A marvel aye that folk complain
'll warrant, then, they'll no complain
It's very strange that folk complain
an burglers, heidin hame, complain
8 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ick on thaim, bit Hsien didna complain. He kent he leeved amang his
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
i the observe that we shuidna complain on the want o meat whan we’
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
an haudit frae thaim gin they complain aboot late peyment o wages or
1 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
s wife, Janet Coklay didnae complain whyn yis whisked her up the c
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
intae a blob ae mush. Did he complain, though? Did he fuck. The cun
1 matches

@alistairdunn tweeted
imagine having the nerve tae complain about a player that played fo(2014) search twitter

@gordimhor1 tweeted
omebody else dae it we cannae complain that it's no whit we wantit(2020) search twitter

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
fine in masel, doctor, canna complain Bit I've turned maist terribl on page 15

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
e eis thi day afore we coodna complain. Thi feish didna laist muckle on page 20

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Canna complain," said Roddie, "ere's aye pli on page 30

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
xport doon at ma pub (I canna complain) on page 130

2 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Turns oot fine so I winna complain,
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ay - sae divnae be quick tae complain aboot the wither! https://t.c(2018) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
acket. Fan a seen him. He did complain there wisnae enough pepper. F(2020) search twitter
eel, I'm sure @petemiff widni complain ??. Actually no. He wid ??(2021) search twitter

@beast_afc tweeted
r @CormackDavie . Withdraw an complain tae corgi or yer business wil(2020) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
ow fat peas but a wis fear ti complain ??(2020) search twitter

Shetland

@tattooedselkie tweeted
oboi Yikes ?? du wid need tae complain tae dir firm surely?(2021) search twitter

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
spoilt ower da years so canna complain ??(2016) search twitter

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
He leeves jist tae complain. on page 43

1 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
An' yae hae nae mair need tae complain, on page 33

1 matches

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
he arse oot the fire!!! Can't complain, it's lasted years, new yin p(2020) search twitter

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