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The word 'decency'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
decencyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.1109
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 88.3 1 1
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 decency in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
, for Goad's sake! Hiv ye nae decency?' baaled Forster, an Georgeso on page 44

1 matches

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ncil should at least have the decency 2 supply portaloos lol (2021) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
otland will be a kintra whaur decency an concern fer yer fellae cit on page 96

1 matches

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
en this random zoomer hus the decency tae offer his condolences, Mu on page 1

1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
. But she didnae even huv the decency tae gie me a normal name. Who on page 13
crossed a basic line o human decency. on page 92

2 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
tishlass481 Done, there's nae decency or respect from some people..(2020)

@iainnicol tweeted
nor ye are aboot basic human decency. ??(2020)

@weenell3 tweeted
oot there who dinnae have the decency tae leave a note with their d (2022) twitter link

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Public decency - on page 16

1 matches

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