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The word 'desperately'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
desperatelyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12716
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 29.1 5 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.3 4 3
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 37.2 6 3
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 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 desperately in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
be alone when she opens it. I desperately need to see her, but it has t on page 24
"I desperately need da money, ta pay my wye on page 58
be ower aald noo," shü said desperately, fur maybe shü suspected wha on page 63
Shü missed dem desperately whin dey emigrated ta New Zea on page 76

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Walterson, Barbara Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
fis. Men wis nyiggin at rop, desperately tryin tae haad dimsels doon.
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Rumbles, Brodie-Anne Recordin on Beep, (Scots Hoose 2022) Doric - Banff, weans
fawin back on the caal fleer desperately kiverin, rippin, and tearin m
1 matches

Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
t yer deith wee loon!” Paul desperately clambered tae the corner o’
1 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
You want so desperately tae be on page 10

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General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
ven. Weel the nurse wis tryin desperately tae mak the auld dear
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
looked as gif it had lang an desperately ettled ti keep its contents t on page 73

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MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
oze. Mah brain halted, keekin desperately ower mah ankle again 'n' agai
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
than even before this guy is desperately tryin tae brek free. Ah decid
‘’Let me go!’’ he desperately pleas. His puss aw swollen an
2 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Desperately trying tae preserve his brood on page 19
Desperately ah ettled tae get awa frae hi on page 123

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Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
, yon whirrin, hauf-deid HAL, desperately haudin shut the pod bays door
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Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
’ wi’ is Walkman tryin’ desperately tae fast forward the bluidy t
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
the first twa-three wicks, he desperately needit tae replace his toon s
t back, an the halflin leukit desperately aroon like as he micht bolt.
pairty piece. Beatrice thocht desperately aboot whit she cud contribute
the mine openins,” he sayed desperately. “We’ll be awa in a coupl
4 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
rambled tae unbuckle ma belt. Desperately yankin doon ma jeans and boax
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ay the hard man persona he so desperately tries tae exude as we start w
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
t as he ducks an weaves aboot desperately tryin tae evade him. ‘Goat
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Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Desperately tryin tae preserve his brood,
1 matches

General Central

McClurg, Fernando The Great Divide, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
back in line!”), an Labour desperately tries tae reframe Scots polit
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
talkin tae him," said Ahlice desperately: "ei's a total eejit!" An she on page 57

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