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argument Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words24.6 21.6 23.9 9.9 93 41.3 0
Number of occurrences8043 16 1 16 4 0
Number of authors41 25 10 1 3 2

Occurrences of argument in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
The executioner's argument wis, that ye couldnae cut aff on page 86

4 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
there's nae joy in winnin an argument wi someone like her; it's lik on page 16

1 matches

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
satisfyin tae beat God in an argument than tae get intae heaven. Th on page 50

3 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
a second. Yae kin settle this argument fur us." on page 29
decides tae ignore ma coonter argument and expands further oan his f on page 38

2 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
An argument, eis nivir lost on page 8
Yir still hain thi same argument on page 51

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
g wrang on board. Some kind o argument broke oot atween him an the t on page 92

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
the holes. He could start an argument in an empty hoose an the whol on page 41
big argument cause ma da jist got made red on page 53
ce ah'd like tae get intae an argument wi sumdy jist so's ah could t on page 56
ouldnae be bothert wi another argument. on page 116
fs. Him an Chris got intae an argument cause he said Chris' hair wis on page 157
Also on pages 169
8 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
're lookin roond! There's nae argument aboot it! They are square swe on page 123

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
person tae get involved in an argument, so it wis two against one. A on page 46

1 matches

Crawford, Ross Eemis Stane 1 - Ane Dialog betwix King James VI, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, script
otten yin hing in yer prettie argument. on page 12

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
daddy an Larry wir hivin that argument, Ah bet ye Auntie Mary wis oo on page 44
But Gemma an Daphne had an argument aboot it, cause Ah heard thir on page 46

2 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
is inferior tae English. The argument is syne pit forrit that
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
ns he’s no gaun tae get ony argument aff me the nicht. The currenc
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
ations is baith oor strangest argument an oor permanent Achilles hee
1 matches

Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
we’re bount tae hae the odd argument or twa! Or even the odd wee o
1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
ae no get too involved in the argument aboot whether Scots is a ‘r
1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
ght I lost him. We’d had an argument, fought again that day, then
1 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
hame yin nicht efter haen an argument wi some dug or ither, he wis
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
, yin o’ the boys has an’ argument wi’ twa o’ the lassies, t
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
r smeddum maunna stoiter. Nae argument maun lead ye agley. Tentna th
they gree’d ithoot ony mair argument that the milk and the faa’n
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
things; wans were we won the argument, McDade an cunts like him sle
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
is why such outdated lines of argument such as those put forward by
1 matches

Lochhead, Liz Ashet, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
Och, settle an argument with a friend, wee bit o
1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
e wrang wan.Used tae huv this argument oan the Website at furst.Hame(2020) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
want tae listen tae rational argument. They'd raither be ragin!(2018) search twitter

@johnstone_shane tweeted
be a "wrang." Ken thirr's an argument fit staunertisashun, bit we n (2020) twitter link

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
well surely then yer argument, justifies on page 24

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Indeed, she hed quite a long argument wi e Lory, who at last turned on page 23
E executioner's argument wis, at ee couldna cut off a on page 83
E Queen's argument wis at, if somethin wisna don on page 84

4 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
i breath tryin ti conter that argument. on page 74

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
later she struck up a heatit argument with her husband.
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
lay wupped up a prisoner. An argument hid set up among the fowk git
The vricht waded intae the argument wi “I’ll gie the bugger a
ke fit you twa intend!” The argument got even mair heated fin the
at!” Aa heeds turned, their argument forgotten.
4 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
@jay_mfc I get the argument aboot losing the joy in the m (2022) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
the change. If anything, the argument wid be tae stick em in the ta(2020) search twitter

@glenlivetloon tweeted
e's politics? Give a reasoned argument then! Insults say one thing..(2019) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
omb'dy wiz in the mood for an argument, a bit like crabbit. "Stop be(2020) search twitter

@McGoo1888 tweeted
wis in the RAF..no wanting an argument but it's a bit of a stretch a (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Said Pete, "This is wan argument that you're no gaan tae win. on page 51

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
s, an aalways a cause a graet argument on da wye hom, as ta wha wis on page 93

2 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
s predicates an arguments. Da argument is da core parteecipant idda on page 82
onli aloo ee single argument (da subject), laek sleep. Idd on page 83

12 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
lang syne whet dat, caase da argument ey gied da sam wye.
One argument against a standardisation of
2 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Th executioner's argument was, that ee couldnae cut off on page 85
Th King's argument was that onythin that hae a h on page 86

3 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
, can ye bring that up in yer argument within yer stand in the matte(2020) search twitter

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