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The word 'dues'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
duesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.1109
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
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 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 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)
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) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of dues in Corpus

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Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
safe itherwise, he'll tak his dues whut waey he can. on page 117

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
like him they didna pye their dues. The hindmaist reason fur try
1 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
fin they gied awa, as lawful dues fur the girse their beasts hi on page 51

1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ote! That's me hif tae piy ma dues now https://t.co/1xkaDeAMev(2018)

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Aye an Ay, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
thae paid their dues
1 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
wudnae troke fur douce wifely dues. on page 55

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Wanscrievit words, dyvour dues on page 11

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
o the fowk juist peyin their dues tae a different tyran. This i on page 56

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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
air estates free o the ordnar dues an peyments. Syne the Inglis
1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ings o tha irth collect thair dues an texes frae - frae thair a on page 9

1 matches

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