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Use in varieties of Scots

suffer Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.1 15.4 18.1 29.8 17.4 10.3 39.8
Number of occurrences5830 12 3 3 1 9
Number of authors37 22 6 2 3 1 3

Occurrences of suffer in Corpus

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Central

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
r hauf the population that'll suffer it on page 31

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
O man is made tae mourn an suffer on page 49

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
(And suffer when their horse got beat - on page 26

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
hat means somebaody is gontae suffer. As ah go tae light the joint on page 14
here tae make sure you cunts suffer" on page 184

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
she tells us that the eu will suffer waur nor the UK whan her glor on page 77
r mebbe social, benefit, They suffer fae the same narrae mindset a on page 116
cry it - meanin puir fowk'll suffer even mair, an the middlin sor on page 146

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
faults, he didnae deserve tae suffer like he did. At the end, his on page 43
'She made us all suffer wi hur.' on page 61

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
mak them suffer. on page 21

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Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
ed Gods and hou the puir mice suffer, on page 123

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
hey see, an suffers whit they suffer (he on page 133

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Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
suffer the tilt o a tap-root, heezit on page 107

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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
tae suffer sic a skelpin?
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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
€™ ah sais, leavin McDade tae suffer the verbal onslaught he’s i
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
n we maun aye be the first to suffer! Our state's but a state o su
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
na advanced eneuch tae really suffer fae the want o freedom, he th
ly brocht intae the warld tae suffer expensive medical problems. H
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
c that ‘to bear’ or ‘to suffer’ micht whiles offer the bet
ate’ but ‘endure’ or ‘suffer’ siclike in English.
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Wallace, Lorna Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2019) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
“1 in 4 folk suffer wae depression,
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Facebook link ( 2020) Central
the young lass cud watch her suffer. Hooiver ane o the troopers m

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
r. At least this way he didny suffer as much. He’s at peace noo.
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Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
for thae puir we craiturs tae suffer a slauchterhous gully across
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@g_hibby tweeted
... ???? ... Somebody has tae suffer... (2023) twitter link

@RickHJohnston tweeted
Its not you it's the poor who suffer under this crap Union. https: (2022) twitter link
True, the poor will suffer most as usual from a cruel he (2022) twitter link

@rattlecans tweeted
Top Dogs have made Eur0peans suffer and die of hypothermia, crush (2022) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ependince, an Ah dinna hiv te suffer Gilbert's feet an is fartin; on page 14
grinned t'ersel: Sandy didna suffer feels glaidly; he didna mince on page 34
anger te discretion and disna suffer feels glaidly; she disna aye on page 58

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
his, sayin, "E Sin o Man maup suffer muckle an be rejeckit bi the on page 96
a turn fae yer ill wyes ye'll suffer a hke ein" on page 104
ae necessar att e Messiah wid suffer sic things afore he gaed till on page 121

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"It least he didna hae te suffer," said Archie. "Ere's a lot t on page 15

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Wheeler, Leslie Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, weans
Think aboot that an ye'll suffer nae mair." on page 25

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Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
nd that 58 per cent o fowk fa suffer fae depression ar at a higher
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Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
ne o yon chiels at ettles tae suffer Scots upon thir fowk at dinna
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
or depression then pls do not suffer alone https://t.co/fKjTutLnVR(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Thou shalt not suffer a witch tae live, on page 12

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Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Thou shalt not suffer a witch tae live on page 75

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Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
. They didna think they could suffer it if any buddy funnd oot abo
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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ome hom wi da boys, reddir as suffer daily lack yun?" on page 49

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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
n education, an dir economies suffer. Wi aa dat, haein it's ain la on page 9

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Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
ore all"? as in everyone will suffer a little, but at least everyo

Southern

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
r o plastic packaging wad she suffer the sicht o here in the hoose
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Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
gae tae Jerusalem, an he maun suffer monies a thïng at tha hans o on page 9
l thaim, "Tha Sinn o Man maun suffer a richt dail an be coul shoot on page 85
But afore that, He'll hae tae suffer sair, an tha fowk aroon hïm on page 99
Passowre mail wi yis, afore A suffer. For A'm tellin yis aa noo, A on page 106
rit doon that tha Christ maun suffer, he maun dee an rise frae tha on page 112

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Gibson, Darren Cannae Thole Ye!, (lowcountrylad.blogspot.com/ 2014) Ulster - Ards, blog
e, thole means tae endure oor suffer bit laik aa guid Ulster-Scots
ixt use o’ thole, haein tae suffer a bit o’ a hurt. Ay, gin ye
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@fairfaaye tweeted
rÂ’. From Old Scots fundy, to suffer a chill, originally, Old Fren(2020) search twitter

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