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Use in varieties of Scots

resignation Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 3.1 4.5 0 11.6 0 4.4
Number of occurrences126 3 0 2 0 1
Number of authors9 5 2 1 1

Occurrences of resignation in Corpus

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Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ure, violence or heartpeetie, resignation or defiance. Gods an nymphs c on page 102

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
fae 11 December 2001 tae his resignation fae the
e wis Depute Convener tae her resignation fae the Comatee on 28 Novembe
2 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
st looked at her wi’ amused resignation an’ telt her, “Welcome ta
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
sick leave in full afore her resignation cam intae effeck. That siller
1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
Nicola would've asked for his resignation. It appears this lot are made(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Donald gied a great sigh o resignation as he waatched Gertie sweel t on page 37

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ken," said Beldie wi a sigh o resignation. "Oor hoose is as sma, ye'v t on page 20

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@glenlivetloon tweeted
Quite clearly a staged resignation to raise his credibility in S(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
a bairn himsel, an da look a resignation an defeat in his eyes as he l on page 58
a second letter, tenderin my resignation. I coodna bear ta wirk wi him on page 59

2 matches

Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
quare an haird tae scrieve a resignation letter in aul Ulster Scots: h (2014) twitter link