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The word 'dignity'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dignityOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.23022
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 3
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 14.6 11 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of dignity in Corpus

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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Shö haps hersel wi strent an dignity on page 49

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North East Central

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
aitur up by its thrapple. Nae dignity in thon, like. They’d strip
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(South) East Central

Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
a lang, grey dreep 0 injured dignity an haudendoon anger: Saxty, m on page 84

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
ht, while haudin on tae thair dignity an humanity) haes become a by
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
ae dumfoonert at sic a want o dignity. This wis makit aw the waur
1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
ally mak daily declarations o dignity, self-respect and independenc
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Dundee

McKenzie, Roddy Cataracts, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2018) Central - Dundee, prose
Yir een burn, bit yi keep yer dignity, ken whit eh mean?
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Edinburgh

Capener, Jack No Guid Eneuch, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
wi mair confidence, pride, an dignity.
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Deportin’ hinsel’ wi’ dignity, a lesson tae us aw’,
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
n in mair comfort and wi mair dignity nor ye could e’er imagine.
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Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Lost yer hat and dignity on page 141

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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
utile attempt tae retain some dignity.
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
At least the wean gat some dignity in death, ah hink. Maybe ma b
nd she turns away, gein me ma dignity.
2 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Tuim Tattie, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
wi out dignity
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General Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
hem bidin in an easedom and a dignity ayont, awmaist, oor ferlie-fa on page 6

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
o 'Your-anus' cawed awa thair dignity an syne thay ettled at soondi
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Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Dignity
gied me the dignity
dignity
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Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
e as kenning for the inherent dignity and for the richts, equal and
damental human richts, in the dignity and worth o the human person
els is born free and equal in dignity and richts. They are tochered
hts that maun be haen for his dignity
y an existence worthy o human dignity, and hae it eikit til, if nec
5 matches

McClurg, Fernando Scots, the Electoral Commission an the language community, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
speak”, wi confidence an wi dignity.
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South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
o quiet dignity on page 40

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
an dignity an folk on page 61

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Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Some mairchers aim for dignity on page 31

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East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ur idle waals tae proteck the dignity o pleasure seekers bathin at on page 51

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