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The word 'destroyed'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
destroyedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.61814
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 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 139.1 3 1
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 3
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of destroyed in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
a telegram. Alec wis deid. It destroyed wir family. Faider blamed Mam on page 20

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
z eence a castle but hid been destroyed by the Bruce tae stop the Ang
1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
Wallace’s ‘reputation was destroyed, especially in the eyes of th
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
ims that the Scots “utterly destroyed” the Pechts whan the time c
idea, that the Scots utterly destroyed the Pechts, haes been the mai
2 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
he pension book wid hiv to be destroyed. on page 41

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
‘… bombs destroyed several shipyard buildings. F
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
exactly - snp have virtually destroyed the hospitality industry and (2021) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
oney said. 'Ah think somebody destroyed it.' on page 198

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
DUFFY TRU LUV 4EVER CANNOT BE DESTROYED on page 169

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Destroyed oor joabs, Christ, they shoul on page 77
ns o pounds worth o plant wir destroyed, on page 79

2 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an thir army wiz gettin destroyed on page 44

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
s in ma puss. Ma soul utterly destroyed. Until ah finally process the
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
It destroyed oor faimily, an aw the time a
1 matches

General Central

@bigandymccoll tweeted
ie5 She's almost successfully destroyed the YES movement. ALMOST. Yes (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
wi yer brolly destroyed and yer breeks hingin oot, on page 8

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Here’s the Weather, (Scottish Poetry Library 2017) Central, poetry
wi yer brolly destroyed and yer breeks hingin oot,
1 matches

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