A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'manages'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
managesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.4149
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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 35.6 3 2
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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)

Occurrences of manages in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
the pen grouws fent, barely manages on page 29

1 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Cheerio for eenoo . . ., (Shetland Times 2011) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
you ken fine weel, Meenie ey manages tae persuade me her wye o tin
1 matches

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
erdeen - sometimes she anely manages 3 naps in ae day aat studio! (2017)

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ider in an bi the grace o God manages tae catch haud o the loonie a on page 18

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
rin doon her face, but Grunny manages tae tell her story.
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
˜What happened?’ he finally manages to say.
1 matches

General Northern

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
e loudest. Somehoo, each pair manages tae be looder than the last,
1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
at his darg. He nivver, ivver manages ti hit the richt note - driv on page 26

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
in. Though mines somchow jist manages tae git it's heid oor the lin on page 40
noo. Paul, at his usual best, manages tae enrage Aldo further: "Is on page 43

2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
'd love. In the 19 lines, she manages tae cuiver, aw in guid clear
1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
apparent shattered state, he manages tae make contact by starin at
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
a bit ae heavin an gruntin he manages tae move the guy oan tae his on page 31

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
any better.' See if this cunt manages tae slice this tangerine ah'l on page 174

1 matches

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