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The word 'comeuppance'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
comeuppanceOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.172
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 19.6 6 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
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 comeuppance in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
ma tell ye, they'll hae their comeuppance. Na, fan ye dee some gweed di on page 13
ma tell ye, they'll get their comeuppance. Bit, you, fan ye re fastin, on page 14
An att's e wye he'll get his comeuppance amo e heathen. on page 103
alaiver o lang prayers. Their comeuppance' ll be aa e warse." on page 114
e feert at God? Ye gat e same comeuppance as he did. For hiz, it's jist on page 119

6 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
than its ain. Still. Get its comeuppance yin day. Unner a lorry, nae d on page 1

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