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The word 'advance'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
advanceOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.53124
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 105.5 3 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 23 5 3
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 22.8 5 4
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 37.4 3 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of advance in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
"__ee advance twice-" on page 95
course," e Mock Turtle sade: "advance twice, set till partners-" on page 96

3 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Aye the next advance he made - an aye the next re on page 15

1 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
yieldin tae the advance on page 3

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
"Gordons advance" Tae her dismay the bush adva
1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
, tae ready theirsels for the advance o the English airmy. They mai
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
im turn it ower The better ti advance. on page 20

1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
feinished an duixL Gie him an advance on his pey, and he wad disapp
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
gotten tae sort things oot in advance. She wis five and a hauf when on page 60
"Here's a month's rent in advance," Ah said, giein him forty pe on page 196

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
musta aw been pure planned in advance an he wis jist tryin tae bam on page 169

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Hail, the advance o civilization! on page 142

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
t micht mak ye think they had advance warnin o Theresa May's 'snap' on page 8

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
st enhance, tae allow you tae advance.
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
he lobsters an the turtles aw advance! on page 99

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
tchin telly, whole minutes in advance. Comfortin, but it also means on page 3

2 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
ike a typical polis (a wank), advance oan mah uncle, He's got his h on page 176

1 matches

Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ae four-five minutes A had ‘advance copy’ wittins that Davidson
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
he labsters an the turtles aa advance! They are waitin on the shing on page 44

1 matches

General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ain A hae. An ye kent fine in advance, bein aa-kennin, that A wid c on page 49

1 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
the'r onie ither significant advance. For nou it's a stalemate: sc on page 4

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
Ah need some guidance. Ta in advance x(2020)

@LairnScots tweeted
@scotslanguage.com, thanks in advance! (2019) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
" - ee advance twice - " on page 98
th lobsters an th turtles aw advance! on page 99

3 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
e lobsters an the turtles aal advance! on page 100

1 matches

General Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
Brilliant buddy, thank you in advance ??????! Bloody rabbit, Wee Du (2021) twitter link