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The word 'arguments'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
argumentsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.52518
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 40.7 7 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 14.4 11 11
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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 arguments in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
mes sheu could be the cause o arguments and strife. on page 33

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
sentence is predicates an arguments. Da argument is da core parte on page 82
twa arguments (a subject an a object) at ha on page 83

7 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
stion, an they repeated their arguments till her, though, as they all on page 83

1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
ther craiturs by wey o simple arguments. They war aye at the secret c
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
arguments tae her, though, as they aw s on page 86

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
that but there’s nae fuckin arguments, Albertz takes it every fucki
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
ither animals through simple arguments. They were ayeweys there at i on page 6

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
The arguments atween My Lady and the Laird on page 3

1 matches

Freeman, Fred Lallans 102 - Burns, Hamish and Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
the Scots leid, wad turn the arguments o the dounhauders o Scots Fol on page 58

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
'Nae arguments, please! said Mr Wonka. He tu on page 155

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
trong historical and cultural arguments for facilitating the use of G on page 121

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
fur nuhin. Sometimes they had arguments an they goat mad, then they s on page 45

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
ltilingualism that stells the arguments presentit in
1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
s inevitable that these kindo arguments will happen. These kindo scuf
1 matches

@jack_capener tweeted
atherRyan Ooh saucy. Gies yer arguments!(2020)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
he gey specious an wee laddie arguments anent fitba) an I amna a sang(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
culate refutation o the bogus arguments that TERFs bandy aboot.(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
stion, an they repeated their arguments tae hur, but, as they aw spok on page 85

1 matches

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