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The word 'alert'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
alertOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.31711
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 26.6 6 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of alert in Corpus

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Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
gittan bolder bit iver alert on page 149

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
t, aifter causen a ful scayle alert, fecl broot's. Fitiver, wut w on page 6

1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
cratic middle names. *sarcasm alert* (2021) twitter link

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
the grun fer alert, fer keyed up, lookin awye ta
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
Janela_X @theSNP Maybe am nae Alert enough(2020)
tand_Free1980 @youngwd1 Wisna alert enough(2020)
ad incase a canna though STAY ALERT(2020)
Gype alert https://t.co/3XBOcXaw14(2020)

@Franwella tweeted
ouiseNicol1 i might feel mare alert efter a shower x(2011)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ager tae git rid ae. But ah'm alert enough tae take a quick look on page 150

1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
' Richt awa Miss Honey became alert. She'd tried tae talk aboot M on page 164
Matilda became verra alert. She could hear in Miss Honey on page 189

2 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 58 - twa poems bi George Hardie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Hamilton, poetry
ilk sense alert. on page 41

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
tely pits ma emotions oan red alert. Cos, ah’m hit wae a worrie
1 matches

General Central

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
a bit better than usual, mair alert, listenin tae whit ah hud tae
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
e mince and tatties was a red alert.(2020)

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
usement an dunched Daniel tae alert him tae the commotion. Daniel on page 43

1 matches

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