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The word 'sue'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sueOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.31110
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 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.3 4 3
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
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 sue in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Sue the Cooncil? That's a laugh. on page 75

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
een till him tee. Gin a chiel sue ye for e verra sark on yer ba on page 12

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
d Indian, feathers an aa, tae sue the Council. Hunners mair jis
1 matches

(South) East Central

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
speirs heem. He seys Ah shoud sue; bit sue whae? It wud be a sa on page 78

2 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
'If that's got fleas, I'll sue,' it says. Wonder whaur he pa on page 1

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A'll sue the lass - an win!
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ned tae dissect, Prepared tae sue! on page 31

1 matches

General Central

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
gin that wis producit by Dame Sue Black and her team at the Uni
1 matches

Smith, George Electrical Love, (Thi-Wurd 2013) Central, prose
an/woman/kettle/toaster named Sue. Awh – who fuckin cares –
1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ye. An ïf summodie wants tae sue ye an tak tha shirt aff yer b on page 6

1 matches

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