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The word 'suspended'
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Use in varieties of Scots suspended Occurrences normalised per million words Occurrences Authors
Dialect map - Usage over time
Total Corpus 4.4 14 7 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
5.1
2
1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
27.1
5
2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
6.7
5
3
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)
65.7
2
1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)
Occurrences of suspended in Corpus
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the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.
(South) East Central
Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind , (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ood. However last week ah wis suspended fae ma joab pendin an investi on page 61
e look efter died. Ah've been suspended fae ma work pendin an investi on page 63
2 matches
Glasgow
Armstrong, Graeme Young Team , (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ir readmitted formally. We're suspended fur sure. Danny's mate fae th on page 49
'You will all be suspended for twenty days, the maximum on page 56
2 matches
Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One) , (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ustery conditions. It hovers, suspended in silent anticipation afore
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two) , (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
back. Ah glide taewards her, suspended in the air like a ghost float
zy canopy like a white discus suspended in the sky. ‘Ye seen McDade
2 matches
General Central
Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling , (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
him coz I wis floating, I wis suspended . I wis still and floating, li
feel that way again, like yir suspended , like aw yir muscles are rela
And now it lifts uz and I’m suspended , I’m released, able again,
3 matches
@Chazzbat tweeted
e it than that, hud Ah no bin suspended fer a week jist fer swearin - (2020)
@changed_days tweeted
y're aw ower me! This yin got suspended then unsuspended, but ad alre (2021) twitter link
East Antrim (Larne)
King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition , (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
suspended frae the bak waal. "Why I ive on page 31
ntae oak shelves an oil lamps suspended frae on page 57
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