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The word 'attempts'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
attemptsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.82515
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.8 5 3
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 1
EDN - Edinburgh 25.1 4 2
GLA - Glasgow 16.3 3 2
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) 31.4 1 1
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of attempts in Corpus

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Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
hough there have been various attempts to control it, to render it i
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ge te waatch TV. Efter a fyow attempts, Ah munage te pull a hunkie f on page 46

1 matches

General Northern

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
an these attempts tae belang are part o fa aa a on page 34

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
care he seems tae take in his attempts tae swing oantae the shelf. A on page 21
bar. His muscle lappin up the attempts ae pishy humour by this two b on page 182

2 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
t has syne suffered a wheen o attempts at makkin it whit it is no—
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
ry will be drooling over your attempts at the Glesgae Banter? Listen
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
Ma partner in crime attempts tae play peacemaker.
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The Neds, attempts a wee wisecrack, Turns tae he on page 32
es that mak him staun oot, an attempts tae name him hae pruived howp on page 123

2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
spite o the Prime Minister', attempts tae hoodwink baith people an on page 120
lways an the current heidlang attempts tae profitise the NHS, whit i on page 137

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
n law wis nae mair nor ongoin attempts tae subjugate them an dae awa on page 19
Mealmaker claimit that in his attempts tae root oot corruption an br on page 123

2 matches

Edinburgh

Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
o the revival movement or as attempts tae bring deifferent staundar on page 107
hae leivin dialecks, an onie attempts tae mak a staundart rin up ag on page 108

3 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
through the door entrance ma attempts at an SAS style entry huv pro
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
nds a manky auld tea towel an attempts tae shift Huey's weight oot t on page 31

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ally readin newspapers, their attempts at clandestine loiterin servi
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
aboot the sinks comes oer an attempts tae ingratiate himsel tae Sca
1 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
nk amang the mair scunnersome attempts bi officialdom tae nae-say Sc on page 121

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
h inspector ‘an officer who attempts to prevent fraudulent claims
1 matches

@ThonJacobite tweeted
acobite and Hanoverian Army's attempts tae ootflank each ither and t (2021) twitter link

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
e en o trials, "Thur wus some attempts at applause, whuch wus immedi on page 113

1 matches

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