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Use in varieties of Scots

apologies Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.9 7.7 1.5 19.9 5.8 31 0
Number of occurrences2215 1 2 1 3 0
Number of authors18 14 1 1 1 1

Occurrences of apologies 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.

Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
"Apologies there! fur the language, ladi on page 113

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
driven bi anger, an A mak nae apologies fer thon; the mair A learn, t on page 15

1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
'Ma apologies,' said the Perjinkian, luikin on page 11

1 matches

Crawford, Ross Eemis Stane 1 - Ane Dialog betwix King James VI, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, script
Sir Seumas: Apologies, my King. on page 11

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
giein a fair kick at the baa (apologies for that ane!) til ither team on page 123

1 matches

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 76 - Mither tung?, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
Apologies tae Emma Lazarus
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Apologies Tae Ma Gairden on gaun on hol
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
erweys but haed tae gie thair apologies insteid. Howanever, the forga
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 59 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, newspaper
Editorial plural for personal apologies likely due til a puckle fowk
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n kitchen utensils, makin oor apologies again afore lookin up tae the
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
d him inside, fu o concern an apologies, as gin the windae-sole had b
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
@ptsmfc My apologies PAZ.... ???? ... Somebody has (2023) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
at wan or the other is richt. Apologies if it came across thon way. W (2018) twitter link
at wan or the other is richt. Apologies if it came across thon way. W (2018) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
cheers fir the wee blether n apologies for the untimely interruption (2021) twitter link

Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
(With apologies to crows) As I was walkin aa on page 10

1 matches

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
(Apologies tae Bob Dylan) on page 63
(apologies tae Robert Burns) on page 116

2 matches

Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
Apologies tae aabody wha follows me. It (2018) twitter link

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
isJohnson a cannae accept yer apologies for yer wee silly error. The (2020) search twitter
woman by mistake, ma sincere apologies man! ?? whit an eejit ae me! (2020) search twitter
at’s bloody true, ma sincere apologies tae ma Geordies and such...(2020) search twitter