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The word 'descent'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
descentOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.2149
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 31 5 2
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 descent in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ale frae Mesopotamia caad The Descent of Ishtar –
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
es the loose rocks with steep descent. He falls before his king, on page 3

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
let us tak’ yer body fir a descent Christian burial. By God Jame
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
er as she made her determined descent, her self- righteousness almo
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Mountain biker an’ fund the descent mair taxin’ than the ascent
em tae build up speed oan the descent, go tae the right haun’side
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
d resolutely on, tracin thair descent back tae ... Adam an Eve, wha
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Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e escarpment. Gravity aids ma descent an each leapin stride is acco
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
a fragmented rainbow in their descent intae the glen below.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n ay warmth pronounced in its descent. Takin another drink, ah tip
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General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 104 - Whaur Div Ye Belang Tae?, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
papers reddin oot the lines o descent o weel-daein or noble faimlie on page 40

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Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
importance o the male line o descent. Forby, it whiles seems tae u
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South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
If proof be needed, o' quick descent on page 51

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
eichty percent bi descent, on page 58

1 matches

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