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Use in varieties of Scots

argue Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.9 14.9 14.8 0 11.6 20.7 7.7
Number of occurrences4630 10 0 2 2 2
Number of authors30 18 7 1 2 2

Occurrences of argue in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
, "the wey aw these creatures argue wae ye. It'd drive ye aff yer on page 57
Alice couldnae really argue wae this, so she tried anithe on page 63
"Cannae argue wae that," said the Duchess: on page 89

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Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
The young man didna argue an took the siller. But he di on page 139

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
eh, suppose yer right.' Never argue wi bouncers, that's on page 8

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
look worrit, an too tired tae argue. Then thur's the young team. on page 1

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Freeman, Fred Lallans 102 - Burns, Hamish and Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
on very like Henderson's, wad argue: on page 59

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e and heavy bevyin. Yae could argue it's a normal day fur me but on page 143

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
We wid argue aboot if it wiz a penalty, on page 53
wha am eh ti argue on page 67

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
oot ma bed tae tell me no tae argue wi ma sister. Noo ma ma's da on page 41

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
'Dinnae argue, dear wean, please dinnae arg on page 103

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
e didnae hae the gumption tae argue. on page 80

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
deid, Tho there's plenty will argue we're saft in the heid. An ta on page 44

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
tae argue fur the on page 29

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 81 - Chynge for chynge’s sake?, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
uid the test o time. We canna argue that dark isnae Scots eneuch.
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Clark, Thomas Tae Kathleen Jamie, an ither Scots Scrievers, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
r reasons, like, an ye cannae argue wi maist o thaim. She talks a
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Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
you he wanted. Who um ah tae argue, eh? He’s a good customer.
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Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ht, ah suppose. Cannae really argue wae that. ‘Who wis the big
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Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
tongue the same. Aye, we cun argue foriver aboot whither it’s
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
h’ve no goat the energy tae argue. Ah just grunt in vague recog
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Macdonald, Ileene Fit’s it aa aboot?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
dependence movement but I wid argue at much o the resurgence has
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ntific fact! cunts yae cannae argue wae.’’
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@ThonJacobite tweeted
is is true lads and ah cannae argue agin yer point. Hooever, ye s(2021) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
awarded their leagues - cant argue with that! (2021) twitter link
er good on u m8 n am no gonna argue aboot ony o ur decisions agai (2020) twitter link
@Peavly1 cant argue with that - its shocking - (2020) twitter link
d i am certainly not going to argue with that - its the rules - (2020) twitter link

Doric

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
wi them cos yer bleezin" I'd argue wi her. on page 60

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
The wife didna argue, she jist loot im gyang When on page 15

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
hersel, "e way all e craters argue. Id's enough till drive wan c on page 55

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
"We are next" Jonsar didnae argue wi em, jist went aboot his wo
s. Jonsar Eck wisnae gaun tae argue wi
. Jonsar Eck wis nae gaun tae argue wi her, nae wye.
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
hid happened. tho some micht argue it wis, seein's an ailin shel
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@72redz1903 tweeted
nithin on target but I would argue we have had plinty chances in (2022) twitter link
, understandably so you could argue fae a fairness point o view, (2022) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
output Wright out is hard tae argue we. Make or brake season for (2020) search twitter

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
"Do not argue with me. Argue with these stones. on page 19

2 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
, haein a whinge, "an they aw argue sae much ee cannae hear eerse on page 83

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@StuartPoet tweeted
@LetAlbaSoar Cannae argue with that.(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Ah'il no argue wae yae there, on page 47

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Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
e nae hairm, hooaniver ye cud argue that it didnae dae it ony gui
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