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Use in varieties of Scots

offend Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.9 3.7 3.2 0 11.6 0 4.4
Number of occurrences127 2 0 2 0 1
Number of authors11 6 2 2 1

Occurrences of offend in Corpus

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Central

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
it's no ment ti offend yi on page 72

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
said, Well ah didnae want tae offend the lassie, she said, Ah mean on page 40

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
it deep oan Scripture, aa tae offend, on page 112

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 67 - Efter the Bonspiel, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
whiles they offend, at least cannae be bocht; on page 63

1 matches

Bratchpiece, Neil The Wee Man Ft. Leo - Parliamo Glasgow, (YouTube 2014) Central - Glasgow, poetry
l, mend ye, didnae want to go offend ye
1 matches

@annieones tweeted
ov the wurd. Didnae mean tae offend... hope a didnae! (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
that yin n am no wauntin tae offend onybuddy - a wid never dae t (2020) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
a smile, an Ah dinna wint te offend her, bit she's hairdly the pa on page 62

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Alice didna wish till offend e Moosie again, so she wis aw on page 71

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
Alice didna want ta offend da Dormoose ageen, so shö st on page 75

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
na tink what shü wis dune ta offend him, bit he wis aye oot whin on page 2

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
Alice didnae want tae offend the Dorrmoose agane, so shae on page 74

1 matches

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