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The word 'denial'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
denialOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.41412
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 25.1 4 4
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 denial in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
o denial. on page 7

1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
erry, itÂ’s a cultural form o denial tae the truly important thing (2020) twitter link

West Central

Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
mfortable facks: surrender an denial. Unner Clinton, Blair an Holl
cal left haes been gruppit by denial, preferrin tae blame oor fail
gs the question o hoo we jouk denial wioot surrenderin. The clue m
3 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
ayont denial Weir's biddin fur his freehau on page 112

1 matches

Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ng. Tae owerturn centuries of denial is even less sma. So lets mak
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
o’ murder an’ shame o’ denial. Sae there ye are James o’
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Dougie’s still in denial aboot ma fate, though, eh? â€
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
take nae denial: on page 30

1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ae haund, she seemed ti be in denial about the effects o the seikn on page 21

1 matches

@bigandymccoll tweeted
they parts but she's in such denial that she disnae know whit dir (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Come, Ah'll tak nae denial: on page 29

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ecute yae. Come, A'll tak nae denial: on page 30

1 matches

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