Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'deny'

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Use in varieties of Scots

deny	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	15.9	53	32
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	5.8	1	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	70.3	2	1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	9.8	3	3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	10.5	1	1
DOR - General Northern	13.3	3	3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	17.1	7	3
WCE - West Central	17.8	4	2
DUN - Dundee	74.3	7	2
EDN - Edinburgh	37.2	6	4
GLA - Glasgow	20.5	4	2
AYR - Ayrshire	32	3	2
LAL - General Central	9.2	7	6
SEA - South East (Borders)	24.2	2	1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)	62.8	2	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)	18.2	1	1

Occurrences of deny in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Shetland

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
I hed learned ta ignore pain, deny faer. In me haed I wis dis co
1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
"A deny id!" sade e March Hare. on page 108
see if he wid deny id too: but e Moosie denied n on page 109

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ny youngir - surely ye widna deny her at..." on page 34

1 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
O that we can't deny, on page 28

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
hocht Jeemsie... tho he cudna deny Mr Broon hid made a guid job
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
t like kowkin. ‘Ah’ll nae deny that taks nerve,’ Ah said.
1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
it wid deny. Why wid His Chosen choose on page 46

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Canna deny it the day is jist a breet
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
fae the Scots - nyte - tae deny, nae admit. Keep up quine (2022) twitter link

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
chotic lunatic but yae cannae deny he's no committed tae his wor on page 71
thers. Although he wid oaften deny it. Aw ae his initial negativ on page 98
rms, Fuckin Yes! Naeboady kin deny Aldo took hings too far wae t on page 110
ae conversation. Naeboady kin deny, it's been a gid night oot, s on page 167

4 matches

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
Scots Cringers wir Scots wha deny that they've a leid or a cult
1 matches

Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
u its spikkers are forced tae deny its existence in the public r
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
t on that 1 football club can deny this imo - b oan (2020) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
'Dae ye deny it, ya ugsome hotterel! Ur ye on page 114

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ay, did accuse me ah wid jist deny it, an then if they didnae be on page 90
Yi fancy Wully McCoy an don't deny it, she said, Yir jist pure j on page 127

3 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ey tell ye, an wha are we tae deny this. Weg Ati eo sae shale o on page 14
re. Bit the lees we are tellt deny this ilka day, an the biggest on page 37
r taxes, tae get up an simply deny reality? Or is it jist that t on page 56
ols o the trade. An ye cannae deny the price that's paid, bi the on page 123
hink fer theirsels - but tae deny that the British political sy on page 126

5 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Nae man his thi rite ti deny me on page 57

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
lins pit ower grave slabs tae deny access tae the Burkers in sic on page 108

1 matches

Edinburgh

Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ere cannae there be mony whae deny their ain language is a langu
it's ower hard for maist tae deny that Scotland haes its ain cu
2 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
brought up in the 60’s wid deny the extraordinary skill o’
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ell o pussy, an daena try tae deny it, thoo tedious aald heepocr
There wis nae pynt tryin tae deny it. Bit neither did there see
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
but ma policy hus alweys been deny everyhing. Especially if what
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"Ah deny it!" said the March Hare. on page 110
ervously roon tae see if he'd deny it tae: bit the Dormoose deni on page 111

2 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
'Well, ahm presuming he'll deny it then maybe ah'll joost nee on page 21

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
back ae mah heid, right, then deny aw knowledge ae it. Hings lik on page 75

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
"T deny it!" said the Mairch Maukin. on page 44

2 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
ave in the deein meinutes tae deny Alan Gordon an gie his team t on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Richt's on ma side ... Wha'd deny it? on page 35

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
Ah dinna deny at sic goals as the spellin r on page 56

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth The killin fields!, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
he gemmkeepers micht want tae deny it wi regairds birds o prey l
1 matches

@jack_capener tweeted
ten to her speak an ye cannae deny she's yin o the maist eloquen(2018)

@weenell3 tweeted
n awfy cheek that lot huv tae deny Scotland a vote for Independe (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
tries and noo ye've voted tae deny the poorest o' £20 a week fa(2021)
t. Hooever, ye shairly cannae deny in turn that this Tory govern(2021)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"Ah deny eet!" said th Mairch Hare. on page 112

2 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
"A deny it!" said the March Hare. on page 113

2 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
Jesus spaes Petèr wull deny hïm on page 107

1 matches