A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'prevent'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
preventOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.81616
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
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 prevent in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
bit o forward planneen might prevent cat-astrophe! on page 36

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
loog an left foot, so as till prevent ids undoan idsell), she carri on page 59

1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
on sugary products will only prevent them fa live in poverty fae b
1 matches

(South) East Central

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
money but it wis probably tae prevent his maw becomin a big splat i on page 7

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
in o his ettles wis tae "help prevent weans bein tourists in thir a
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
s his belly. But in order tae prevent this ginger cunt fae scarpin
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West Central

Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ents rack up lairge debts tae prevent a collapse i the vailye o the
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
There wis a clear attempt tae prevent onie pattern o crime that mic on page 104

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Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
rds wad be leukin inwart, tae prevent escapes. E’en gin the Chine
1 matches

General Central

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
tae prevent it, tae stop oany workins on page 29

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Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Wir we that young!, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
cood prevent thi flame's leap? on page 48

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
‘an officer who attempts to prevent fraudulent claims for unemplo
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Fenton, Janet A Guid New Year tae yin and a!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
innae hae guns or swords, tae prevent onyone getting any ideas aboo
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McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ctures o a seistem biggit tae prevent exackly that frae takkin plac
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
as ane wi oot divisions that prevent reaching the goal.(2020)

South East (Borders)

The Westender Pipin for the Young Yins, (The Hawick Paper 2008) Southern, newspaper
tae believe they wad want tae prevent young yins gittin' involved i
1 matches

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