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The word 'surpreesed'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
surpreesedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.3115
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.2 5 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 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)

Occurrences of surpreesed in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
ir anither daunce bit it fair surpreesed me whan she seyd, 'Ah wuid.' on page 27

1 matches

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
She wis surpreesed whan she arrived hame tae fin on page 1

4 matches

West Central

@annieones tweeted
hen, ye wur so shattered, am surpreesed ye could keep yer een open. G (2021) twitter link

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
s o the ocean. Syne wis I gey surpreesed tae be waukent, at keek o day on page 11
I wis gey surpreesed tae see a licht bruk ower the on page 14
I wisna surpreesed, mind. I weel kent that forby on page 18

3 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
in o this weik, Archie Dodd's surpreesed us aw wi the donnert wey he c on page 21

1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
s ate real food,’ said Kat, surpreesed.
1 matches

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