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The word 'doesn'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
doesnOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.54030
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 3
SHD - Shetland 29.1 5 3
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 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.3 6 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 37.7 6 2
GLA - Glasgow 16.3 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.7 8 8
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of doesn 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.

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
ther side. Sheu hoasts. "That doesn't usually happen?" sheu says, on page 121
t because you lost your home, doesn't mean the rest of us can't l on page 137

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@johnkmitchinson tweeted
kent does mean familiar too, doesn’t it? ‘Guid tae see lots o (2020) twitter link

@peediepuss tweeted
ee the Fair Isle the day?" It doesn't feel like an affectation(2020)

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"It doesn't matter, I'll manage," shü on page 16
seems a freendly peerie ting, doesn he." on page 31

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Watt, Valerie Trowie time flees an aa, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Boy, doesn human time flee? Yon’s anid
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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
oot and aboot. I hope the hen doesn't get separation anxiety.(2020)
t care so much aboot? It just doesn't feel right to choose ??(2020)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
r or less what I'm efter...it doesn't give me muckle room, like, on page 72

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@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
. She sets it out clearly, he doesn’t. She does her job better. (2020) twitter link

Aberdeen

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
new, fantoosh vyce, “If he doesn’t, the other schools are mi
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General Northern

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
lled it a – clart… but it doesn’t sit as bonnie on your ton
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@72redz1903 tweeted
the SPFL was a pub league. He doesn’t look able to deal with the (2021) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
on68653932 Disnae count if he doesn't regain control(2020)

@JoanHenry7 tweeted
or for Seaton at one time? It doesn't come much better than that. (2023) twitter link

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
s, a boy waants his da aroon, doesn't he? Somebody should dae som on page 1

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
Kennedy said, "A healthy man doesn't think about his bones." Aib
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
aking it an official language doesn't bring you a thing."
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@DavidJWood2 tweeted
n, but alcohol and distancing doesn’t work. I’d shut the pubs ?(2020)
or David, aye, but Dave just doesn’t fill me with confidence. S(2020)
takeaway on it. Then if MrsW doesn’t gush over every mouthful, (2020)

West Central

@annieones tweeted
t be subjected to this... and doesn't this just show Scotland nee (2021) twitter link

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“He doesn’t know Rongye,” sayed the
were on that vertical - she doesn’t want to see people, she c
un Mountains there, and if he doesn’t turn away then, I’m goi
ar me in my old age. But that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t
s and kept her busy, but that doesn’t mean you actually have to
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
‘’But that doesn’t sound very legal?.’’
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
'She doesn't have an iPhone,' Dolly gras on page 18

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
oo, son, just be careful this doesn't come back to haunt yi. Mon, on page 31

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
h exterior, big bad Daisy who doesn't have feelings, and you act on page 1

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General Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
s, and it's impressive but it doesn't impress him. How he really on page 15

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ce to see someone in here who doesn't look old enough to be my gr on page 88

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Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
It doesn’t. Conn hasn’t cried.
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
g please and when I dinnae it doesn't listen, I dinnae like it an(2020)

@FaetheRye tweeted
@verbisan Oh, that doesn't look like an easy sewing jo (2022) twitter link

@IshbelMcF tweeted
home in his mind, even if he doesn’t use iy just now. It is a w(2019)

@RickHJohnston tweeted
the stats coming Stephen. SNP doesn't do enough of this. Well don (2022) twitter link

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
a hair stylist for a fiancée doesn't half save some money! (2022) twitter link

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