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The word 'arrives'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
arrivesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.11716
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 9.8 4 3
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of arrives in Corpus

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Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The Van arrives and it's brilliant. Davie's t on page 30

1 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
gh-in ''Ere was es morning, I arrives at the kirk an taks a leuk at on page 90

1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Friday nicht arrives wi'oot a suitcase, on page 148

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
tae soup, the big day finally arrives. Ah goat tae ma appointment a on page 121
erstandin. The taxi then soon arrives and oan ma wey oot ah chap Mr on page 176

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Hit juist-depairts but never arrives naethin is completit on page 26

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
y men, Mr Harris an Mr Tweed, arrives on the island an senses an op
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
Whan Gilmanscleuch arrives, ower late o coorse, Jock tel on page 138

1 matches

General Central

MacKinnon, Ann Lallans 70 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
A baby speug arrives, on page 61

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
leaves ye jist as quick as it arrives. An' guess whit? Ye come cras on page

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
ye this way when the carriage arrives as it happens seldom. And a s on page 3

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
The Muckle Big Day Arrives on page 63

1 matches

Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
, a unitin force is socht. It arrives in the form o Saltire, the th
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
ry Enjoy! As when "baby Judd" arrives this will be nae more!!! Hugg(2015)

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
When death arrives, the final fear on page 11

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
And aamaist at aince the wun arrives. on page 171

1 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
An' what'll hae dae whin hae arrives on page 39

1 matches

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