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The word 'charges'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
chargesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.41816
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 15.4 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of charges 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
puppy began a series o short charges at e stick, runnan a awful pe on page 39

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
is the warst o spylin the wee charges, it wis aa the harder on them
1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
fae oor folk near at haun but charges tee on page 27

1 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
time bein shut doon for depth-charges. Jist a brilliant place for a
doors an close doon for depth-charges and only surface at playtime.
2 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
especially wee the prices he charges fer a full fry up! https://t.(2018)

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
uldna refuse. They'd drop the charges if she'd promis tae hide in t on page 86

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
s it or not - what would the charges be? a rest ma case lol (2020) twitter link
with egg on your face when no charges can b brought lol (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
He says, The polis drapt the charges. on page 134

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
aim ‘Ya dancer!’. He then charges at me, eh? Brimmin wae a new
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
uppy stairtit a series ae wee charges at the stick, runnin a wee bi on page 42

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
fraid the police are pursuing charges. But, I have intervened and m on page 55

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
oon fae its position above an charges me.
1 matches

General Central

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
dynamite charges can be hidden, on page 37

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
uppy sterted a series o short charges at th stick, runnin a wee bit on page 40

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
p stairtet a earrant o shoart charges at the stick, rinnin a weethi on page 42

1 matches

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