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The word 'fragile'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fragileOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.71511
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland
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 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of fragile in Corpus

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Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
fragile cord. on page 18

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
a fragile moth. on page 123

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
lin coffee. "I'm still pretty fragile." on page 75

1 matches

General Northern

Philip, George Tales Fae The Doric Side - Winter, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
As, hoppin his fragile feet atour the sna, on page 80

1 matches

(South) East Central

Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
wrocht a gey sair onding. Oor fragile and bruckle eco system’ll g
1 matches

West Central

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
unthwarted, that it feels as fragile an vital as a braith held. Sa
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ns tae reestablish some kin o fragile order ...” He paused an wav
that ... fragile luikin.”
askit her. “They luik that fragile.”
3 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
It seems fragile, the place - ethereal, like
1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
rang, I felt I wis cairryin a fragile treisur. Deed it seemed there on page 78

3 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
anguage is not, therefore, as fragile as that of Gaelic." Bi the do on page 121

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
tornado enemies o fragile peace. on page 107

1 matches

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