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The word 'apt'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
aptOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus144515
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
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 17.9 7 5
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 393.5 28 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of apt in Corpus

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
e, mair fluent an aware, mair apt on page 19

1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
cet cur in timoribus iste."An apt quotation, Tyler, but I don't on page 58

1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
d up his intelligence. He wis apt tae fling his aix at ony chie on page 26

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Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
ne o the poems is aa the mair apt. We wish Willie, an eident sa on page 5

2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
of the Last Minstrel, wis an apt an poignant chyce in this the
1 matches

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ilka Scots wird that bit mair apt tae be up for ridicule or deb
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
wae a bacardi chaser - very apt in the circumstances - b o (2020) twitter link
a wee tune for the person is apt - the twist - chubby chekke (2020) twitter link

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
the Pandit, “you are rather apt to let your kindness be impos
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
n pissing rain all day, as is apt tae dae in Scotland. Ah canna
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
apt tae fa' doon on page 41

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Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
in misst. Ironically, folk ur apt tae feel baith mair insecure
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 2 - Editorial: A Twa Wey Street, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, prose
mparison o Scots an Gaelic is apt tae. Catalan, like Scots, is on page 3

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
aw ower again, sae it's a gey apt metaphor fir the quest fir Sc on page 84

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East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
A'd no be apt tae gemmle it, on page 41

1 matches

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
eless licencin' bes the maist apt alang wi' ither on page 10
cultural wealtht at maks hit apt fer cultures tae bae pairt o' on page 19
it. Thon wul hae hae need fer apt levels o' taakin pairt, pairt on page 23
ablow ir leuked aa bae the apt government laa authorities ta on page 25
the Fresian Academy model bes apt fer Ulster-Scots bes true on page 31
Also on pages 36, 37, 40, 41, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62
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