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The word 'deserve'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
deserveOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus196347
ORK - Orkney 49.7 5 4
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 36 11 8
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 325.5 2 1
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 2
DOR - General Northern 26.6 6 6
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.9 5 4
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 45.2 9 4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 19.7 15 10
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) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of deserve in Corpus

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Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Hole. So, Bessie, you see, I deserve tae die, and never a sowl I'v on page 23

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Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
awkward beggar and you don't deserve a wife. on page 22

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Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Hole. So, Bessie, you see, I deserve tae die, an never a sowl I've on page 77

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
e workers, these craftspeople deserve.
1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
stiller Rest weel! You richly deserve it.(2020)

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
sus wis a göd sowl dat didna deserve aa dis. Bit onywye he aksed w on page 147

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
"We've saved aa wir lives we deserve a wee treat So we'll draw oot on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
d smirk es Eric sut doon. "Ye deserve better." on page 16
velope an handit it ower. "Ye deserve a treat." on page 79

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
t's jist a thing folk say. Ye deserve a rest, Roy - wi baith div. on page 86

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
it tae dee bit dis things att deserve a floggin, winna be floggit s on page 103

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
valued an discernin customers deserve the verra best - an at's fit on page 11

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Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Ye da deserve thi name o de'i!! on page 13

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Harper, Norman Stronach: A Weekly Look at Life in the Fictional North-East Village, (The Press and Journal 2000) Doric, newspaper
e this next wikk, so surely I deserve tae ken fit I've got on ma ha
1 matches

Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
future iver cus yi defiantly deserve it and a hope yi find the lov
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
cud wish fur ... tho he didna deserve them, dearie me he
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
dedicated loons an quines fa deserve tae pit up their feet an read(2017)

South Northern

Diansangu, Mae naebdy likes a clype, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
she didnae deserve sympathy.
deserve sympathy.
2 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
tae deserve this? on page 27

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
t's in the richt place, an ye deserve fit ye've got. Bit tell me th on page 110

1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Fit hiv I deen tae deserve sic a life on page 90

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
d tae his ain safety, doesnae deserve tae be lockit up in a cell!' on page 118

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@beast_afc tweeted
@derrenm Fit did he dee tae deserve? I dinae like the sfa but jus(2020)

@daleser23 tweeted
he thistle anyway so i thnk i deserve it(2013)

@Franwella tweeted
or am sure @LouiseNicol1 n me deserve free bbsittin til New Year ef(2011)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
yer balls tae watch shite! Ye deserve something! #cornhillcalling(2017)

(South) East Central

Calder, Bob Lallans 82 - Ae Legend o Sanct Benedict, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
'deserve sic a big dose o dreid on page 52

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
pint!" Cherlie says, "Man, ye deserve a bluidy Oscar so ye dae!" on page 90

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
nk either ae the twa ae yeese deserve ony!' on page 1

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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
hAth aye exactly - the clubs deserve crowds defo - was at a coupl (2020) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
boot ye. Whit huv ye duin tae deserve love or respeck? on page 107

1 matches

@annieones tweeted
rus Me tae, enjoy it hen, yae deserve it wae the sh!tè yae huv tae (2021) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
on den o thieves. We need, an deserve, better, an cin but howp that on page 39

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
hauns. “Oh, Bapu, I don’t deserve this kindness.”
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
in fucked dain that. Ah don't deserve Jackie an the grandweans, an on page 11

2 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
ugh the pub windaes. Mibbe ah deserve the stares but mibbe it's ma on page 19

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ege: sky's still dark, fuckin deserve better, horrible pub gigs, an on page 3

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Intae places ye dinna deserve, on page 127

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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
up intae the wee raisins they deserve tae be.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
fucked dain that. Ah don’t deserve Jackie an the grandweans, an
ie an the grandweans, an they deserve better than a fuckin alkie de
2 matches

General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
voice. 'But A dinnae think A deserve tae be sent ablow. Juist gie on page 49

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
fur whit we want, fur whit we deserve. An' as we dinnae reach oot a on page

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
some wee stumour that doesnae deserve it!' on page 41
d Granda Geordie. 'He doesnae deserve this.' on page 48

2 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Beasts ye best deserve!" on page 23

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Findlay and Randall Stevenson deserve wir thanks for gien us easy a
1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Whuppity Stoorie, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
wis surely a witch and didnae deserve tae get awthin her ain wey.
1 matches

Mackintosh, Henrietta A Tale o Twa Leids: Gaelic, Scots an smoorin wi luve, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
maun be examined. Thir leids deserve respeck, an their speakers de
respeck, an their speakers deserve recognition for bein real, di
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Connelly, Gordon Celebrating Ithers, a letter tae somebody wirth celebratin, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
ome fowk in yer life ye think deserve tae be celebratit. In the sec
1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
hoch by his ain powney. ‘Ye deserve anither dizzen straiks frae t
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
ycling, its no like ye dinnae deserve some treats fer yerself ??(2020)
@MartinJKeatings Ye deserve it. thanks for the email too.(2020)

@OliphantWullie tweeted
MDempster Weel done hen !! Ye deserve iverythin ye get fir yir serv (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@cammyrudkin tweeted
jamieginger173 @hornet_2011 e deserve eet that how!! #eerawasteofre(2012)

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
whaur it maun deserve tae be, on page 12

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Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Lyttle, A. G. Yarns 3 - Lastin Memorial, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Bangor, prose
eneuch; she thinks he disnae deserve it, but.’
1 matches

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