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The word 'announced'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
announcedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.73118
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 3
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 81.6 13 4
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
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)
GUL - General Ulster 28.1 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of announced in Corpus

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Shetland

Watt, Valerie Meenie’s Viking spoon, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
soup fae yon spoon agaen,” announced Snurtysleeves.
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
the spikkers an a lood voice announced: 'I/t's an extra-special meet on page 41

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General Northern

Innes, Brian P. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Thochts o a Teacher, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
h. Next mornin at assembly he announced: on page 50

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
ey reed aboot the gills as he announced the dance. We, the band would
announced she wis in the femily wye. Ta
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@beast_afc tweeted
fae hours ago and you hivnae announced? Ye hiv taken time tae announ(2020)

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
"For yir next trauchle," announced the messenger, "King Eurysthe on page 34

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(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
"Listen up" he announced. "Every Friday ah want a quid on page 91

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
rice for ilka ane haesna been announced yet.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
the Health Minister has just announced the closure of a major hospit
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West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
When the pj announced the dowie news, on page 61

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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
acher for once an for aw,' he announced. on page 85

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Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
-height of another man, Evans announced ‘afternoon Nichols, ya big
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McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
m goin’ ower there!” she announced. “A’m sorry, you’re no
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
She came in yin mornin’ an announced, “At bloody last! We’ve f
ointin’ tae the heavens, he announced, “An’ there wis a BRA han
the current fashion. She then announced that, “It's great, ’cause
College tae pick her up. They announced that Maggie’s car had a fla
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
dy Guid.” Roy’s death wis announced on the mornin’ o’ the fur
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
bed, bit the neist mornin she announced that she wis ready for tae sp
“Thir will dae,” Guzul announced. She pattit the wumman on the
gers. “Times seiven,” she announced.
h say onythin aboot it,” he announced tae whaever wis listenin in t
’ve got thaim hidden,” he announced abruply.
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ve sprang up fae ma seat and announced tae a surprised Bruce
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Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
. Broke his heart when McDade announced his allegiance tae the tic wh
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General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
'Richt,' announced the dominie, 'ye hae thirty m on page 42

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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ane o Trumps female accolytes announced "Trump [. ] has experience of(2020)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
g in the wee hotel he proudly announced the decision, his first son w (2022) twitter link

General Ulster

Depairtment fur Commonities Hargey announces heidwie oan plens fer Airish an’ Ulster-Scots, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
Meenester Deirdre Hargey hes announced.
“In Juin las’ yeir A announced waark oan the forderin o’ t
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