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Use in varieties of Scots

offence Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.2 14.9 6 0 5.8 0 8.9
Number of occurrences3629 4 0 1 0 2
Number of authors20 14 3 1 2

Occurrences of offence 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

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
Dependin on the degree o yer offence, ye cud be belted a nummer o on page 42

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ir an the same dimples an nae offence but she's got the same mad tr on page 67
want tae get off with you. No offence or anythin. on page 113
Charlene she'd probably take offence tae that. In the end ah got h on page 154

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The wurd that hud caused sic offence wis 'Arse'!, on page 36
twa hunner pound fir a first offence on page 64
commits some fouterie wee offence ye should richtly ignore, (if on page 119
jewels are committin the same offence. on page 121

4 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
hit a hun is. Mammy took mair offence tae that word than shite or e on page 10

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
nterrupted hur wi a haun. Nae offence tae Lizzie, she'd on page 56
l didnae get a look in - nae offence, Lizzie - when the teachers on page 57

2 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Mrs Nae Offence 2021 on page 27

6 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
an everybody felt better. 'No offence meant', ma faither said. 'Non on page 44

1 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
d Evan Evans n his surprising offence at offhandedly being called a
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
tlin bastart! Sorry lads, nae offence if yies ur Jungle Jims or tha
1 matches

Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Mair like creepy bastart. Nae offence tae the lassie. Ah take the m
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
aff a ship. It wis her first offence an the bailie spiert, "Whit t
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
aist leukin a reason tae take offence at him. She wis angert at her
stertit tae apologise. “Nae offence - ”
2 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
at his loom at the time o the offence. Pair soul wis hanged as an e

@Chazzbat tweeted
iepatie It shud be a criminal offence. Ah wid lock aa they fuckers (2020) search twitter

@MizLiot tweeted
Whit's the mair dumpable offence here? Me wanting fig rolls fr (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
tice secretary wae a criminal offence need a say more - mans a roa (2021) twitter link
he pavement is not causing an offence too? - can you explain? o de (2020) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ts...onythin aat micht caause offence - if ye're disappyntit or so on page 57
ts...onythin aat micht caause offence...' Stevie's voice wis ringin on page 62

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
o onybody like yersel – nae offence, Jed, bit yer nae the healthi
1 matches

Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
h, his mam said, "Reight, nae offence but dinna teach yer granny ta
1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
nenst'. Da meaneen 'tae caase offence' is attestit fae da 14t on page 102

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
t, half feart that it wud tak offence agane. on page 29

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
we dïnnae want tae gie onie offence, sae gae ye doon tae tha loch on page 9

1 matches

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