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The word 'detention'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
detentionOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.1106
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 524.1 4 2
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 detention in Corpus

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Mid Northern B

Crawford, Jack The Pluffer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
eacher an on tap o that a got detention. Bit even worse a wis grounde
1 matches

Harvey, Lewis Crash, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
id the chik tae gi me anither detention. Well, there wis nae wye a wi
a wis gaen tae turn up to ony detention. She could go awa an bile her
till need tae turn up tae her detention!
3 matches

General Northern

Bundy Broch The Doric Min, (YouTube 2020) Doric - Brouch, poetry
Detention for an aye, or ken, bit the d
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
t Charlene wis on a lunchtime detention wi him an when ah went throug on page 34
ns in his pocket. Wully got a detention fur that anaw an he got made on page 133
cause he's been in lunchtime detention wi Missus Murray. She's makin on page 159

3 matches

Glasgow

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
her, hisses. 'Are you wanting detention?' on page 7

1 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
be gart thole wulsome arrest, detention nor exile.
1 matches

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