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The word 'dived'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
divedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.42416
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 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 3
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 11.9 9 5
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 dived in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
We tossed and dived alongside Hoy and I saa the g on page 21

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
dimmed tae the rim, an dived in fur a dook tae wash hissel
win. Rosy Lil dived an lowped an walloped free si
the tap, wummled his horns an dived wi a plap. Then he sterted do
3 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
the hatred lang afore durrant dived. Few years later Jarvie and H (2022) twitter link

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
e brainches o trees. Hercules dived intae the loch and stertit ta on page 27

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
is gums thegither. The lassie dived intae the space. on page 1

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Weel, I dived intae the shower an went thro on page 26

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
whit wid happen if the laddie dived like that noo - esp if he la (2020) twitter link

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
aboot ma neebours door An’ dived right in whin the hinges tore
An’ dived right in whin the hinges tore
2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
o shit,' roared the OIM as he dived at Tam. Luckily Frank an anit on page 53

1 matches

Edinburgh

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
wis deid caul. Thomas always dived in strecht awa. He wis deid b on page 76

1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
veneer ay the lochan, McDade dived in, swam beneath an pulled me
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ss the moss frae Wellwood. He dived smertly tae the grun ahint a on page 51

1 matches

General Central

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
peesweeps birlt owerheid, an dived at his bunnet wi their "pees- on page 17

2 matches

Thom, Williamina Lallans 75 - Oor Tibby Pagan, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, weans
Tae aw the wains that jumped, dived, swam ablow the brig, an rowe
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ver says a word – then they dived us, an done the oul-man fur h
1 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
. She chaunted as she swum an dived doon wi the troot and minnows
ae ken ye fae Adam.” Jennet dived back doon unner the watter.
2 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
and Culture course says that 'dived' is an example o the past ten (2020) twitter link
o the word 'dive' is...is it 'dived' or 'dove'? https://t.co/I3ck (2020) twitter link

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