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Use in varieties of Scots

daicent Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19 12.3 6 0 0 10.3 141.6
Number of occurrences6124 4 0 0 1 32
Number of authors17 10 3 1 3

Occurrences of daicent 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

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
h o me left tae mak juist yin daicent body!" on page 14
t," said Alison; "that's no a daicent wey o sayin things." on page 44

2 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
atterin amang a waefu routh o daicent wather, hellish sun an drouth on page 77

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
as tae fleg the wits oot o a daicent wumman juist sat doun eatin a on page 68

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
days meenisters micht weel be daicent fowk, but the Kirk in Scotlan on page 18
media coverage than providin daicent services, or giein value fer on page 37
wi whit wuid aince o hae been daicent joabs get screwit, an daily-d on page 53
gin it isnae the single maist daicent an important creation o thon on page 93
onie lands as the epitome o a daicent form o governance. Eftir aw, on page 94

6 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
t', 'prick', an 'whoors'!) At daicent folk, on page 29
wha's a daicent up-staunin lad, mibbes aye a on page 118

2 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
'Ye've never had a daicent ploy yet, said Boonce. on page 9
et them,' said Mr Tod. 'We're daicent folk doon here. We're no look on page 60

2 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
o his face, wad hae gien ony daicent sowl a set o ulcers! on page 72

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
her insensed him aye tae keep daicent company, hes faither seyd 'Na on page 16

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
nnin roon wi swurds an hackin daicent fowk tae deith. The plot unfa on page 91

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
a haun “eat, rest, git some daicent claes.” He surveyed the roo
“we'll need tae get ye some daicent claes.” She leukit Beatrice
traints. Onybody wi a haufwey-daicent lab cud hae resurrectit Neand
t track o Hsien. She waitit a daicent while, bit he didna re-appear
he abscondit? Weill, he wis a daicent man. And a no-weill yin forby
5 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
hinnymoon. They hae lost sum daicent MSPs, sic as Jim Eadie, an mi
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
hiv, lassie. They're aal, but daicent - an that's mair nor Ah can on page 44

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
aboot sic a track Wi hardly a daicent cloot till yer back on page 15

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
Weel, we gied Airchie the daicent beerial he deserved; they cam on page 8

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
er winna spik tae me at aa, a daicent umman at A eest tae hae a new
1 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
've went tae Rugby Park fir a daicent gemme ??(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
An wheeked tha heids aff daicent folk. on page 38

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
igged his hame, sae I'd hae a daicent claim tae come fae the oreegi
1 matches

@Angelinekking tweeted
back, "Could ye no get a mair daicent photo o yersel wi yer book th(2020) search twitter

@the_gellick tweeted
'd caa a native spaker, but a daicent stairt! Aa the best fae The G (2014) twitter link
John21 Parsley haes a wheen o daicent notions for a stannart: haird (2015) twitter link
spakin the aul Ulster Scots: daicent spelling apairt fae "Scatts!? (2014) twitter link
The folk o Bangor spoke daicent #UlsterScots in them days; ho (2016) twitter link
ions @glasgowworlds - a mair daicent clatter o Ulster Scots cratur (2015) twitter link
and 24 other occurrences.

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