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The word 'accepted'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
acceptedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.22321
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
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)
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of accepted in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
Thirs no excuse accepted, hids cheus a lok o rot on page 87

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Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
ing which might challenge the accepted sociolinguisticultural equili on page 35

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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
ind o language is come tae be accepted to hae its ain richt, da sens on page 9

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
has been handed in So Willie accepted there an then He'd nivver see on page 15

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@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Ya dancer! Oor buik chapter accepted an comin oot in September. A (2020) twitter link

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
r a meal at a posh hotel, she accepted an,
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@Franwella tweeted
ist seen ‘is ..... challenge accepted .... I just put five big bags(2019)

(South) East Central

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
ardism an tartanry. If it’s accepted an respected as a livin leid,
k it have tae be respected an accepted as valid an equal: that’s a
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
If the case has been made and accepted in Europe, then surely there
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West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
it happent. She said, Apology accepted ya big dork. Ah said, Who you on page 43

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Thae wurds wir accepted withoot demur! on page 36

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Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
u know the Chinese have never accepted that. Never will.”
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Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
l. Then yi come ae age n it's accepted that yi hang aboot wae them n on page 23

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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
. Jeanie wis right. She never accepted it, right up tae her last bre
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General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
'A'richt.' The dominie accepted a'body's word for it - for n on page 40

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
weight up. Efter a while, he accepted he could only eat a few morse on page 44

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
e business. She was a sort of accepted stair-head banker and chancel
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@iainnicol tweeted
am pleased Ruth Davidson has accepted my request...”.(2020)

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
unforgivable bit ahm utterly accepted! Oan the ither haun, whit the(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
all cards and cairds accepted on page 17

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General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
tae identify thaimsels an bae accepted es Airish ir British ir baith on page 58

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