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The word 'assured'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
assuredOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.53119
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21.9 2 2
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.2 6 5
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 31.9 7 2
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 1
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
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 assured in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
an used against ye. Rest assured. on page 34

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
J div, so nae need te wirry," assured Stevie. "An it's nae 'Bookfac on page 50
t ye, ye're nae fat, onywye," assured Alec. "OK, it's true te say a on page 69

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"No, no," Dottie assured im. "I'd actually prefer it t on page 25
st a thing folk say, Mug," Ah assured er. " 'What do you do?' is ji on page 31

2 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
higher praise than that. Rest assured, Tyler, it shall have its due on page 58

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
can afford to be choosy. Rest assured, the test is completely fair.
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
wid like mair I said aye, She assured me there wis bacon an eggs as
1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Victory assured, aye that'll be richt! on page 29

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
Boot's mither assured him her son was blameless an on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
r wae thum, likes. Efter they assured me that they'd git in touch y on page 155

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Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
o the 1974 Grand National he assured us that there was nae chance
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
sleep-walking,’ the doctor assured her parents, ‘she will sett
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
in tier 3 nxt tuesday - rest assured though boris n ruth will guid (2020) twitter link

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
lar calendar period; bit rest assured, sumb'dy geid me it.
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
the dementit norie o Mutually Assured Destruction? on page 129
a green energy future will be assured on page 151

2 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ut this soon changed yince ah assured there wis nuttin tae worry ab
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ool n calm the day, cos rest_ assured if our parents wurnae here we on page 52
art, Ms Donaldson, and I have assured officers that there will be s on page 55

2 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
plete fuckin clown is further assured wae each additional sentence
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
we met further alang the path assured us ay it.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
gettin oot an dain that self-assured, haun aloft button press oan
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
wae the drinks, confident an assured. Ye kin say whit ye like aboo
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
al sais, the big wan, gien an assured nod ay the heid.
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
'Weel. Ye thocht wrang! Be assured naethin is ever hidden frae t on page 24
p o God; while the ither hauf assured him that it wis his true Chri on page 35

2 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ssie too much, efter a tinker assured Maw a son wis oan the way in on page 10

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@fairpechtoot tweeted
pupils, fu o confidence, when assured thit their natural wiy o spea(2016)

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
rest assured that when the time is ripe on page 45

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
coe Massacre haed bin quality assured? on page 47

1 matches

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