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The word 'unable'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
unableOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.22013
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 35.6 3 3
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 1
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 25.1 4 2
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 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) 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 unable in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
unable tae cling on page 1

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
hegither. He glowered at her, unable tae faddom fit wye she’d ch
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
ry tae hum alang, but she wis unable tae hit the high notes. Anith
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
though this cunt still seemed unable tae accept ma gid news and di on page 99
s doe-eyed eyes ah find masel unable tae brek the news tae him. Fi on page 157
fur the life ae me ah've been unable tae verify any blade marks or on page 172

3 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
him, likes. This Marvin seems unable tae translate Scots and ma aw
1 matches

West Central

Hardie, George Lallans 81 - Annie and the New Chairs, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
is exchynge and, Tammy Scott, unable ti resist suggested helpfully
1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
at’s no richt,’ Rab says, unable tae move on frae the shock o
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Unable ti administer or collect thir on page 42

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
He pu’ed at the fastenin, unable for tae lowse it. Beatrice tr
oundit, Raggle deid or deein, unable for tae halp her, rescue on t
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
s toll oan him and he appears unable tae move. In his apparent sha
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
in me wae ma heid spinnin and unable tae talk. Lookin doon at what
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
te number’s haun until wan, unable tae endure the pain anymare,
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
n thing gaun oan, unwillin or unable tae listen tae any reason.
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Unable tae hold back hur curiosity, on page 91

1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ched the rise i the Tory ane. Unable tae “oot-patriotic” eithe
1 matches

@IshbelMcF tweeted
t it's muckle mair nor being 'unable tae hear', A'll consciously y(2019)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
unable tae move. Shae shane got it o on page 117

1 matches

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