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The word 'remain'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
remainOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.53728
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 5
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.8 5 3
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 25.1 4 3
GLA - Glasgow 16.3 3 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of remain in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
tagidder i da pub. Weel itll remain ta be seen what dey mak o it. on page 72

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ond thouchts she decided till remain where she wis as long as air on page 107

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
they war an aul maids they'd remain on page 15

1 matches

Johnstone, Ian Tuney Loon's low doon, (The Fraserburgh Herald 2000) Doric, newspaper
s the wey things wir, and wid remain.
1 matches

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 63 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
y the tones of the voice that remain in some parts’. This, sadly
1 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
technology, ye can choose tae remain ignorant on page 24

1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Some hae gone an ithirs remain on page 109

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Feels a bit cooler, haar dis remain.
1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
etuatit by the questions that remain unanswered.
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
#Remain ? #Leave ? Fit a sotter! Er's(2016)

@72redz1903 tweeted
oon retiring surely? Couldnae remain a registered player if this w (2022) twitter link

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
r punters like masel tae even remain competitive wae the bookie wh on page 28
ain. While the boay tries tae remain focused on Leith's impendin a on page 110
ides tae assert his right tae remain silent and ignores ma questio on page 136

3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
s to ye aw in the Heelands, I remain, till time pe no more, yours
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
andbov no - you will have to remain silent and clapping your hand (2021) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
scorched an scattered, still remain. on page 40
Twenty year syne ah still remain spellbound, on page 61

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Yes Nae Mair, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
stainchly "Naw" an stainchly "Remain", were awready stairtin tae a
1 matches

@annieones tweeted
folks aboot brexit, that wis remain and leave.... no the indy wan (2021) twitter link

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Alsa we couldni’ lang remain,
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
live as Beatrice, but I’ll remain myself.”
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
h steady ma breath, tryin tae remain calm ‘’ There is that yin
nae be diminished. Ah huv tae remain focused oan ma maist importan
2 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
er haun oan ma leg, lettin it remain there fur just a bit longer t
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
yed bass in a band that shall remain nameless, but were hoverin oa
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Just the scabby net curtains remain, blawin in the breeze by the
1 matches

General Central

Seth-Smith, Niki Chynge o sum kind is comin either wey, but a vote tae leave wad empooer Europe’s faur richt, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
I’m siccar that, even wi a Remain vote, there wull suin be radi
t happens tae Britain efter a Remain vote is i monie weys faur mai
rtain that no aw kintras wull remain. Corbyn winna bear the gree,
3 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
eir faur-skailed stranghauds, remain a pairty o tynt deposits, min
1 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
o prefer for that control tae remain at Westminster. (2022) twitter link

@DABArbuckle tweeted
d wae ma purchase. Hooever, I remain fair scunnered that I cannae (2020)

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
That stolen kiss will aye remain. on page 6

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
erleads fir Leave eftir votin Remain an whae represents nane but t on page 77

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
cont thochts shae settelt tae remain whur shae wus es lang es thur on page 112

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General Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
I got diddly squat. Still, I remain the Queen of all layalists' h(2019)