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Use in varieties of Scots

confess Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.6 8.7 3 9.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2117 2 1 0 0 1
Number of authors17 13 2 1 1

Occurrences of confess in Corpus

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Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
He had tae confess, the truth be telt, on page 27

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
at the heid o Greenock, an I confess, I thocht naebody wad see me. on page 24
stert, an then wis forced tae confess he'd ta'en pairt a month back on page 45

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
But I'd raither confess ti Lizzie Than ever confess t on page 56

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
h like the circus, Dougie" ah confess tae him. on page 170

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
I can scarce confess it. on page 35

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Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Gin yer mou confess that Jesus is Lord and gin ye on page 97

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
the mither cums forrit for ti confess hir acks. on page 139

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McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
gan doon tae Inveraray an’ confess ma guilt an’ yer innocence
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Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
hauf a century ago and I must confess the actual location o the fer
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Pennie, Len Toast Tae The Daft Days, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
me is awfy braw I really must confess
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
week, frae Lunnon, and I must confess it's very ponny. She stands o
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Wallace, Lorna Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2019) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
ck’s dilemma he wid ne’er confess.
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
esk ‘’Understood’’ ah confess. ‘’But what if the great
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@g_hibby tweeted
@freckles681 I confess tae enjoying knocking the Leg (2022) twitter link

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
irKetabchi @TimMorton2 I maun confess I amna ower sure (siccar) wha(2020) search twitter

Doric

Robson, Euan Peelie wally, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
in the een. So a jist hid tae confess.
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@Manuforti1968 tweeted
nin' soon yer pinkie. Hiv tae confess I've nivver tried yon eens, I(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
rowd tae shame me and make me confess? on page 20

1 matches

Ulster

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
Noo A hay tay confess I never met Hashter but I did on page 44

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