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The word 'deserves'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
deservesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus93025
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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 2 2
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 18 7 6
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 19.7 15 12
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 deserves 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.

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Haggis tasting notes, and whisky pairings, (Brisk Northerly 2019) Orkney, blog
– because a refined pudding deserves a polite whisky.
1 matches

Aberdeen

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
r auld fuskie toot like masel deserves, bit naw! A cannae tak yer si on page 98

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
s ye, the 'Leprechaun Museum' deserves a veesit. Dinna be pit aff by on page 7

1 matches

General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ot? If any place in this city deserves een then it's Fittie, nae Tor(2016)

@glenlivetloon tweeted
e leid get the recognition it deserves.(2019)

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
e; saved her life, so he did; deserves a reward; his picture in the on page 39

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
Than ma wab's labyrinth deserves, thae een on page 60

1 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
ettin the recognition that it deserves. The problem is that, wi each
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
ife wi hert peety, sae TS Law deserves the same whaur his wark aboot
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
on 12 Mey that this wark "... deserves to be properly celebrated in
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Mindin, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
rent — and smaller than she deserves — but the important hing is
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
k cmon guys - if ever a team deserves to get a friendly greenlaw do (2020) twitter link

Edinburgh

Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
owk in a bubble. Wir language deserves mair. The Cornish activists a on page 109

1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
e ither gairtens and bits she deserves on page 135

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
tae afford it the respect it deserves. The sauns ay time huv been p
1 matches

General Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ae Greece - a proper victory deserves a proper skald.' on page 57

1 matches

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
tter enew time and tent as it deserves. on page 24

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
elieve the person that really deserves tae go maist o aw is Granda J on page 61

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Than ma wab's labyrinth deserves, thae een on page 44

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
for she deserves ma best.
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
aboot and gied the respect he deserves, his preachin skill talked ab

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
which isna as weel kent as it deserves.

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
ry bit as important as him an deserves a space tae hersel.

@g_hibby tweeted
s put up wi' me.. I think she deserves a Long Service & Sufferin' me (2023) twitter link

@ionafyfe tweeted
haen us - the leid needs and deserves this kine o press an we appre(2020)
ots the spotlight it needs an deserves. Please check oot @OorVyce - (2020)

@iainnicol tweeted
@firebird506 It deserves wan. Aw news is guid news, as(2020)

@IshbelMcF tweeted
t getting the appreciation it deserves in my own home so I have brou(2019)

@Chazzbat tweeted
or he'll get exactly whit he deserves. #HolbyCity(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
s news. Naething less than he deserves.(2020)

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