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The word 'apologise'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
apologiseOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.72822
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 22.9 7 3
MNB - Mid Northern B 131 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 2
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.4 7 6
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of apologise in Corpus

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Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
lik ta tak dis opportunity ta apologise ta anybody wha witnessed me t (2020) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ten aa yer nutties Tam I must apologise I ken-nae fit cam ower ma Nae on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Vi wis jist aboot te apologise fir Sandy, an didna imagine t on page 32
routine, an Ah'm nae gaun te apologise fir aat." on page 86

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
yersel, Mug, an nivver ivver apologise fir fa ye are. Ye'r wirth ten on page 31

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
see Michael in person and tae apologise for his pension bein stopped.
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
sit doon. Jessie started tae apologise for athing but he said nae ta
“Now, James, I want you to apologise to Jessie for scaring her dow
2 matches

Mid Northern B

Johnston, Shaun The Forkie Gollach, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
She marched me in and made me apologise tae him. Worst than this she
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
laach, "it's me that his tae apologise. Ah didna pit yer penny in th on page 108

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ut the door ah shout doon tae apologise tae the boay. on page 163

1 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
didna spik the Doric there. I apologise for the language a wee bit, b
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
Taiblet STW maun apologise for the receipt in Nummer 110
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ent wi Charlene: ah tried tae apologise but she lost the plot an star on page 169

1 matches

Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
id not admit his misstep, nor apologise. Ah’m on neither side for a
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
sayed, “you don’t have to apologise to me. You were saying?”
than immediately stertit tae apologise. “Nae offence - ”
2 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ese actions - and for that I apologise unreservedly. on page 56

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Sorry aboot that, ah kin only apologise. Lucky fur me ye could fit me
1 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
n, an sae the screivar shuid 'apologise' for usin hit. on page 32

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
n and I dinna ken whit. Dinna apologise. It's jist the wey it wid be. on page 49

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
his haun. Ah couldnae apologise enough, convinced David wis g on page 11
know, she might be willin tae apologise.' on page 47

2 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
guid. Still they refused tae apologise so he gied up an went aboot h

@Chazzbat tweeted
ubordinates aboot an mak them apologise?! Ah widnae last 5 meenits. A(2020)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
ve got one chance. I hope you apologise profusely tae those you've tr (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@cammyrudkin tweeted
@Bulla7 a hope eer gan ti apologise ti ali, e spoiled his nite. A(2012)

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
'll mebbe sing a wifely thing Apologise fir being that fou. A lullaby on page 40

1 matches

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