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The word 'descend'
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Use in varieties of Scots descend Occurrences normalised per million words Occurrences Authors
Dialect map - Usage over time
Total Corpus 4.3 14 11 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
10.9
1
1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
7.6
3
3
WCE - West Central
9.2
2
2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
18.8
3
1
GLA - Glasgow
9.1
2
2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
2.7
2
2
SEA - South East (Borders)
12.5
1
1
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 descend 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.
Aberdeen
Strachan, Shane Standing Stone , (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
erty? One of our officers can descend for the exchange.’
1 matches
(South) East Central
Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind , (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
dinnae need tae descend fae the spunk ae some lord in on page 93
1 matches
Waddell, John Halesome Farin , (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Bit noo A'm startin tae descend ;
1 matches
MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT , (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
'twas unco as it stairted tae descend back under mah bedroom. Takin
1 matches
West Central
Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind , (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Saw peace descend alang the Western Front; on page 88
1 matches
Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott , (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Doom will descend to-morrow -
1 matches
Edinburgh
McKillop, Roger The Staff , (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
han the ascent. Beth or A wid descend , the ithir wid wait an’ des
, the ithir wid wait an’ descend ain't Marion, then change rol
Tae Hell, we did descend ,
3 matches
Glasgow
Armstrong, Graeme Young Team , (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ryone else n their granny wid descend on the scene n it wid be over on page 45
1 matches
Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo , (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
tory ah wis, an continue, tae descend .
1 matches
General Central
Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks , (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
before an awkward silence kin descend . on page 12
1 matches
Waddell, John Lallans 58 - fower poems bi John Waddell , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Bit noo A'm startin tae descend ; on page 62
1 matches
South East (Borders)
Thompson, James My Borderlands , (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
A darkness does descend on page 16
1 matches