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The word 'scare'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
scareOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62119
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 9.8 3 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 21.7 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 5
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 scare in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
An gaed him a ferfal scare. on page 38

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Shetland

Watt, Valerie An onkerry for a kerry oot, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Fokk hing up red lanterns tae scare awa da Nien wha comes oot at
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
the bag - but syne he got a scare on page 15

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Tae scare awa the Deevil
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
he owl bird decoy working tae scare ma cushie-doos neebour! https(2018)

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
throu it, an for oor NHS, but scare-mongerin fowk isna the wey ta
1 matches

General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
chie Knox! Must be trying tae scare awa yon gypos that often park(2019)

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
eel, ya wee bampot. You dinna scare me," said Hercules. "Tell me on page 50

1 matches

(South) East Central

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
hamMaloney8 A monster. Cannae scare a fifer tho ????(2020)

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
words BRIDGE A WEIR used tae scare the shit right ootae me; it w on page 169

1 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
n’ went outside tae try tae scare the children aff ‘n’ get
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
bably no true, n designed tae scare the shite oot wee boys like u on page 11

1 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
up, worrying aboot how no tae scare folk. Coach gave ma hair a ru on page 37

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
˜Ye see, Danny hud a bit ay a scare there the other week.’ she
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
it wis a routine designed tae scare the shite oot ay me. He didna
1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Death doesnae scare me, A'm no feart ae dyin, on page 12

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Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
ack in DOST unner the spellin Scare fur its origin is in Auld Nor on page 59

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Facebook link ( 2016) Central
me o the things he got up tae scare me witless. He certainly wis

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
me o the things he got up tae scare me witless. He certainly wis

@Chazzbat tweeted
@TheBathBird Christ! Whit a scare that must've bin. Ah hope he (2020)

@rattlecans tweeted
ice they made and knew they'd scare the bejeezus oot of other wom (2022) twitter link

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