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The word 'received'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
receivedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus154836
ORK - Orkney 49.7 5 2
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
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 17.9 7 5
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 25.1 4 2
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 20 15 11
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 2
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 received in Corpus

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Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
June, 2022. Hid wis very weel received and geed on tae be recorded b on page 34

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Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
rm you that a report has been received from the War Office to the ef on page 38
Any further information received at this office as to his cond on page 39

4 matches

Shetland

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
maest of aa, da adoration he received fae da weemin-folk back hame.
1 matches

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
y to hear aboot dy rabbit. We received a condolances card fae da vet (2018) twitter link

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
While e Panther received knife an fork wi a growl, on page 102

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Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
erpeyed for the wounds he’d received ower the last twintyfive year
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
rmy Nursing Corps Association received 10 invites & being registered(2018)
bide lang on Twitter, ah’ve received an e-mail aboot growen ma mem(2020)

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia The birds an the bees, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
ae oor gairden. Nae bird haes received as guid hospitality in oor ho
1 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
he notoriety, the fame he’d received efter sightin the Beast o Bru
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
o mony subscreivins haes been received or noo.
1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
t when he tellt me “We haff received a call from the Secretar of S
1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
affecting upper class English Received Pronunciation, it’s mair li
ered me how negatively it was received in some quarters and how quic
2 matches

Crawford, Ross Mindin, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
assing. The morning efter, ah received a choked phone-call fae ma da
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
In support of this I received an e-mail from, and I quote,
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
e pie and bovril site? i have received a lifetime ban from the forum (2020) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
y registered post, Miss Honey received a letter fae a lawyer, tellin on page 222

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
by this time a night ah'd huv received half a million messages fae C on page 169

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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
hen, The strangulated tones o Received Pronunciation on the airwaves on page 48

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Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
oin’? Scotty explained then received the reply, “Oh if any o’
Received nae praise or thanks,
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
the kick in the baws ah jist received that aw but confirmed that ah
y the reality that ah’ve no received a single phone caw aw day. Wh
2 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
While the Panther received knife an foark wae a growl, on page 104

1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
d relented an let them in. Ah received a couple ay digs tae the jaw,
1 matches

Ayrshire

Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
considered going oot when Ah received an invite tae meet up wi them
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
tae ma pocket like ah've just received any other message. 'Granny, a on page 36

1 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
Bontemps made her confession, received
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
Falls of Bruar being so well received at Blair’.
1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
. No sae mony submissions wis received on Gaelic as on Scots. Appear
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
I project at Ohio State, USA, received an undeemous strang seegnal t
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
sexuality, it wisna that weel received whan it wis first produced bu
illiam Grant ower muckle; the received wisdom o the day wis that the
2 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
e o hope while the Labour MPs received an Imperial walcome. George S
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
s also referred tae as ‘RP (Received Pronoonciation) English’ or
1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
deFC Aye, best wan A’ve ever received ... Anyhoo, Ye kin be sure @L(2019)

@Chazzbat tweeted
Jist received a package fae the Oxford Mark(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
riol and racism that Scotland received.(2020)
Jist received this fae the postie man. http(2020)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
through the whole "paper" we received yistreen looking for authorsh (2022) twitter link
Uni lectures every day. Never received any snash, only ever plaudits (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
And the plaudits he received on page 51

1 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
While th Panther received knife an fork wi a growl, on page 104

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ïll spirits. Ye hae freelie received, sae ye maun gie freelie. Din on page 9

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