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Use in varieties of Scots

persuaded Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.2 1.5 1.5 9.9 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences73 1 1 2 0 0
Number of authors6 3 1 1 1

Occurrences of persuaded in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
what tae hink, how tae feel. Persuaded tae be suttin ah wis never me on page 85

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Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
ve his defiance his followers persuaded him tae pit up a declaration

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ble that Donna wis sae easily persuaded tae delete Xav's final voicem(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Ah'm richt glaid ye persuaded ma te come," said Morrice, ad on page 43

1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Then Granny gets persuaded tae try a rum and coke on page 70

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
fokk, an somewye or idder dey persuaded her ta gying intae Viewforth. on page 16
ggle wi da croft. So Andy wis persuaded tae join his twa uncles in di on page 37

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