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Use in varieties of Scots

convinced Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12 13.6 4.5 29.8 5.8 20.7 13.3
Number of occurrences3927 3 3 1 2 3
Number of authors27 17 3 1 1 2 3

Occurrences of convinced in Corpus

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Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
me in the gates. If ye're no convinced, A'll walk awa.' on page 49

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
d, but she didnae soond awfie convinced. on page 6

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
time ah spent oan ma tod jist convinced me tae truly chase ma dreams. on page 7

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
boay oan Jeremey Kyle who wis convinced his cat wis the antiChrist. I on page 16
r happened. And jist as ah've convinced masel ah've done the right hi on page 150

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
siller in the taverns, he wis convinced the man wis guilty, but the m on page 110

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
s true, said ma ma. Ah wisnae convinced, but ah let it go cause ma ma on page 54

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Convinced that thon cauld shaidae Thing on page 141

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
rage - or worse. Fur aw ah'm convinced ah've gat some imagination oa on page 26

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Ah couldnae apologise enough, convinced David wis gaun tae end it. on page 11
. Ah tear up. It's like she'd convinced hursel that whit happened isn on page 26

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ottish vocabulary I am not as convinced as you are that there is a la on page 121

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Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
too long. So the four ae them convinced ma Emma tae drive them in her
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Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
reason. An we wir aw equally convinced we were richt.
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Joe seems tae huv just aboot convinced McDade tae get back in the va
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Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
flat up tae the point we were convinced they were gonae come through
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Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
’, and somewan else who’s convinced themselves that their pet gho
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Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
Yeah, richt. Bit somehoo she convinced me tae carry on up theym stai
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Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
In her fugue state, Ailsa wis convinced it wis a blank sheet ae paper
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
de his neist wickly veesit an convinced the man that he had aa the se
regairdit him, willin tae be convinced, he thocht.
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
d tae be that gin fowk werena convinced eneuch tae vote Aye, they wer
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Facebook link ( 2016) Central
Naw totally radical and that convinced he wis richt that arguin wi h

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
s ain symptoms that he became convinced he hud lung cancer. He became
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
deep pink (choc) magnum: nae convinced!(2020) search twitter

Doric

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
ye reply. 'Maybe twice. He's convinced he'll hae only one great love on page 36

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ah'm convinced at ere's a spirit warld - an on page 58

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@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
aphy, i.e. mair phonetic. A'm convinced that's why the bairns wi dysl (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Bit, wan thing ah'm surely convinced o - they browt hid aal ontae on page 42
d aal aroond the gravestones, convinced that we lukk'd the pairt on page 61
me lugs wance more in disgust Convinced I'd been gripped bi insatiabl on page 72

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Shetland

Watt, Valerie An onkerry for a kerry oot, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
es wi dir claas. Meenie wisna convinced an got dem da washboard. An G
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Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Am no convinced It's a' the fashion on page 9

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@StuartPoet tweeted
. Same wi @fincarson No at aw convinced bi yon sudden bleezes o integ(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
Hooiniver the penel bes convinced at fitness tae ect shud bae u on page 26

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Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
An with it A'm convinced he cud hae daen a hairt trans on page 11

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King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
Ah wasnae that convinced o the game masel an ah was ab
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