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The word 'compliment'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
complimentOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.42418
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.7 5 4
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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 28.1 2 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of compliment in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
the question an syne pey er a compliment - mebbe aboot er leuks or er on page 39
the question an syne pey er a compliment.' on page 42
er the question syne pey er a compliment."" He felt is face teeden wi on page 43

4 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
ibscot Aye it's a topper. Tae compliment, this een dis a guid joab fer (2020) twitter link

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
d me ower. An Ah returned the compliment. Ah'd 've pit him at aboot si on page 14

1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
sir! Thanks, though, fir the compliment: on page 32

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
t huv taken that comment as a compliment if what ah said wis meant as on page 50

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
dressed than usual, you could compliment them thus, 'You're awfy perji
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
an_Pacey @HiHi1957 the bawbag compliment hus made ma nicht - luv it m (2020) twitter link
htafc19 thanx brother a luv a compliment as u ken lol (2020) twitter link

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
ri leg a' lamb didnae hear ri compliment a flung in its direction. A'd
1 matches

Dundee

@d_anderson878 tweeted
O aye! A took it as a compliment. Mine, A lairnt faan A kent h(2020)

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“It’s a compliment,” sayed his neibour. “Mai
1 matches

Glasgow

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
orian hudnae even gien me wan compliment, never mind the required twa. on page 7

2 matches

Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
inducin light that seems tae compliment the sickly yella paint that
1 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
the verb is maistly used as a compliment tae the main verb. The verb a on page 23

1 matches

Curt_Kenobi Mates, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
rience. Ah secretly covet ehs compliment tae me when ah had a go wi eh
f it wis an admonishment or a compliment.
2 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
s 'God's moothpiece.' Quite a compliment for sic a young a man.

@weenell3 tweeted
always put the knife intae a compliment! (2022) twitter link

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
an' awareness tae compliment spoart in schuils es weill es on page 48

1 matches

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
gran lassie! So that's a big compliment up here ????!(2020)

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