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The word 'decline'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
declineOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.52116
ORK - Orkney
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 21.9 2 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 92.7 2 1
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of decline in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
even as they decline, on page 7
an industrial decline, caused as much on page 32

2 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
eRed83 Look mair broadly, the decline in amateur fitba, welfare fit (2022) twitter link

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
e wake o the ile crash an the decline o fishin. Unemployment is a h
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
auchles doonward in perpetual decline.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Lament for the Decline of Belief
Tae write ere oor decline began.
he offer they wad nane o them decline
3 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
s. Famie tells the tale o the decline o the Gawston Geggie — the
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
Ah politely decline. on page 31

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
first two shake thir heids an decline, til eh finds a big, joyous, on page 3

1 matches

General Central

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Wi nairra thochts o self decline on page 79

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
there nae guid reason for the decline o sic leids as Breton an Sard on page 56

2 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
gin we are tae seriously stap decline an upheeze lastin
1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
al cheinges gart it faw intae decline. An the vera sibness o the ki
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
n. Richt across Scotland, the decline i the Labour vote matched the
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Watt, George T. Lallans 82 - Caul Stane, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
in the slaw decline o wun an rain on page 24

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Reynolds, Charlie Tha demise o oor ain tongue, (North Antrim Speak 2010) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
ed tae dae somethin aboot tha decline o wur ain Ullans Language. No
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
o The Troubles or industrial decline. Belyve hooses were bigged fo
1 matches

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
ye thon the penel kens at the decline o' the leid isnae waitin' oan on page 32

1 matches

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