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The word 'declare'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
declareOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.72520
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 70.3 2 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of declare in Corpus

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Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
'I declare a wife could lay oot a field on page 72

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
an made fur home I do declare! on page 84

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
edy as iss afore, never! An A declare id's too bad, at id is!" on page 19
oice o e Lobster: A heard him declare on page 100

2 matches

Aberdeen

Leslie, Dawn Press and Journal 2023-12-02 - Doric Corner, (no publisher recorded 2023) Doric, newspaper
phinstone lawn his gart ma te declare ony kyne o Yuletide 'jingle'.
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
s changing, the climate, they declare is getting
est February for a fyle I div declare.
resh win later on feel gran I declare.
3 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
lad - it’s easy for us tae declare this and that player is shite (2022) twitter link

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
rated ma perr fuckin hert" ah declare tae the three ae thum. on page 78

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
jimwaterson of course she can declare her business bankrupt n move (2020) twitter link

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an war ei diz declare. on page 7

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ettlin doon tae oor treat. Ah declare ‘’Times are gid, Brucie,
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
e ae the Lobster: I heard him declare on page 102

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
lads stoap airm wrestling an declare it tae be a draw. The chubby on page 10

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
like powerful chickens. They declare what frequencies must be adju on page 3

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Whan ye declare as dross and gane auld declar on page 19

1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
ante. Mrs Smith micht as well declare him the winner here and noo. on page 44

1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
es – ally o Ingland – tae declare weir on Scotland, seen as Fra
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
view that fowk were feirt tae declare their intention o voting Na a
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ce o th Lobster: Ah heard him declare on page 103

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
If ye coud declare in history on page 50

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
ng tha body o tha kirk A wull declare thy name. on page 65
An they wull cum an wull declare Tae fowk that's yit tae be, on page 67

2 matches

General Ulster

DfC Press Offys Hargey sets oot Owersettin Hub, (Depairtment fur Commonities 2021) Ulster, government
“A’m hairt gled tae declare tha settin oot o tha Owwerset
1 matches

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