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Use in varieties of Scots

confirmation Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.5 6 1.5 0 17.4 0 8.9
Number of occurrences1812 1 0 3 0 2
Number of authors10 7 1 1 1

Occurrences of confirmation in Corpus

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Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
und wi the baith o thaim. Gin confirmation o thair on page 20

1 matches

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
. He stepped back on receivin confirmation. 'Matthew, A'm really, really on page 43

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
nts that Mammy gied me fur ma confirmation. on page 7

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e couldnae be. Ah goat aw the confirmation ah needed tae ken he wisnae f on page 41
ake a gander at him is aw the confirmation ah need. He's busy starin rig on page 153

2 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
nts that Mammy gied me fur ma confirmation. on page 18

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
bone men but A wid be gled o confirmation. A think A wis safe eneugh gl
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
™ she sais, lookin tae me fur confirmation.
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Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
re aw starin at me waitin oan confirmation. These cunts ur far gone man,
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
you this afternoon once I get confirmation.’
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
airms ‘’That’s all the confirmation that I needed. They’re your
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@jax6754 tweeted
on 13th Aug?...ME Waiting fir confirmation now X(2015) search twitter

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Tales Fae The Doric Side - Overheard at Wetherspoons, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
"we've nae confirmation o on page 32

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
aksin fir confirmation or disconfirmation (i.e. look on page 89
dea is d'ir a wye tae aks fir confirmation. Ithin on page 91

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Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
dea is d'ir a wye tae axe fir confirmation. Athin Standirt English da ta

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
isin a slender curve. Sally's confirmation come wi a nod. "Come on. It's on page 27
t if she let gae, it wud be a confirmation o hysteria - a validation o on page 51

2 matches

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