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Use in varieties of Scots

suspect Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.1 8 9.6 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2215 6 1 0 0 0
Number of authors18 12 5 1

Occurrences of suspect 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
e catch - . at least a token suspect. Big Kenzie launches his base on page 46

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Bein political ye're aye suspect; on page 78

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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
It seemed like miles, tho I suspect on page 39

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Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
l evidence, he hiz reason tae suspect felonies or acts o subversion
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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
icht tae save energy (suhin A suspect Britain’ll end up daein afo
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Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n. A combination ay baith, ah suspect. The acceptance ay the status
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah suspect ma lack ay subtlety may huv o
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
again!” A’ ‘very much, suspect!
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
No-o-o,” sayed Bill, “l suspect what the Wanderers mean, is t
ether any of that survived. I suspect she’s just got a lot of ine
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Facebook link ( 2019) Central
. If ye didna dee o fricht ah suspect the pain micht git ye altho t

Kay, Billy Time for Reflection, (archive2021.parliament.scot 2022) Central, government
— assert; “jalouse” — suspect; and “tak tent or it’s ti
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@Chazzbat tweeted
is ahint the theft. Ah didnae suspect him o murder, though. #TheStr(2020) search twitter
OK. Wrang suspect, but still a trap. #Strike(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
@ChrisMusson Ah suspect mony fowk will jist dae whit (2020) search twitter

Doric

Rumbles, Brodie-Anne Recordin on Beep, (Scots Hoose 2022) Doric - Banff, weans
s Gaeltacht (34yrs) husband o suspect of and of Atlas Gaeltacht (10
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@beast_afc tweeted
@jamlang22 Goalie was suspect. Waznae a clanger special but(2020) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
it’s happenin’ we ma order? Suspect I’ve been firgotten aboot by(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
an Here ye go min! Although I suspect it's nae the same "lassie" in(2018) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
laghan Shared with English, I suspect. There is faetter, but haven' (2020) twitter link

Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
Besant Ken any vets to ask? I suspect there may be some trouble ahe(2020) search twitter