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Use in varieties of Scots

abandon Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 3.1 3 29.8 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences126 2 3 0 0 1
Number of authors10 6 2 1 1

Occurrences of abandon in Corpus

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Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Was forced tae abandon me an his wean. on page 16

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
that wis when she decidet tae abandon the game. on page 62

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
But dinna ask me ti abandon keenin, on page 18

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McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
r, bettered this reel o maist abandon. on page 112

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Sands, Finn THE GHAISTLY FITBAW MATCH, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Tam reached the abandon’t stadium. He pushed throug
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McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
as democracy itsel, but dinna abandon haill fields o democratic (or
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Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
na worry some o the lads that abandon ship, Mrs C. Nae a bit o't; t on page 44

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@Manuforti1968 tweeted
Hood @FaeFoggie Or heain' tae abandon fleein' about on yer bike or (2020) search twitter

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gallows Ha - Dance tae the End, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Thir made up thir minds, I abandon aal hope. on page 27

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Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
flames dancan wae abandon on page 56
Thir made up thir minds, I abandon aal hope on page 153

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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
mman on the Waterloo Road wud abandon a wean on a coul nicht," said on page 35

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