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The word 'excuses'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
excusesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.42824
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 17.1 7 5
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 2
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of excuses 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

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Ah'm fast runnan oot o excuses on page 18

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
hoot you,' he says, 'I am bit excuses.' on page 35

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
hem a An ca'd them gey feeble excuses on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
lled er een. "Ye'r aye makkin excuses fir im, Winnie. Iv he wis my on page 17

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
un gyang an see it, pit in ma excuses'. E second een says, 'A've bo on page 106

2 matches

General Northern

TheChielMeister Nae mince in Moray, (youtube.com 2008) Doric, poetry
Thir's plinty excuses but nae buggerin' baef!!!
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
on the pitch. I’m nae making excuses for Mcinnes but Consi was mai (2020) twitter link
onference at Westminster? Nae excuses, she had tae go, but, that wi (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
y. So there really wisnae any excuses fur Aldo and the borderline i on page 36
Wae that, he excuses himself. Before he continues on page 50
m oaff wae a Shoappin list ae excuses. Lies and reasons as tae why on page 129

3 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ased. The Angel startit makin excuses again. "Ach, she's jist a wee on page 85

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Na, nae excuses! Disobey
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
o28744016 I’m running oot of excuses here ????(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ions at this rate - same old excuses gregor just dont cut it anymo (2020) twitter link

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
eans keepin me outta trouble, excuses her disaster of a son's selfi on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
an the waiy an get ye.’ Nae excuses noo Danny boy. Captured man.
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
were aa in yer beds!" Wi thae excuses, they aa tootlt aff, an Aliso on page 31

1 matches

General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
'Dinnae gie me ony o yer excuses, laddie!' shouted Mr. MacNeil on page 41

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Mary: Ach, you an your excuses - on page 27

1 matches

McNulty, Victoria Flit, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
Mouths whisky vexed wae excuses
1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
wuz, “Welcome tae Sheena’z excuses” ??. ????????????????. ?????(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
e were aw in bed!" Wi various excuses they aw moved off, an Ahlice on page 31

1 matches

@officialAliRed tweeted
915 Muckle weel din, Voo. Nae excuses now! ??(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Mak excuses. on page 49

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
his? Ma mind wis racing wi’ excuses tae get me oot the room. But
1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
e' stairtit yin an aa tae mak excuses. Tha furst yin sayed, 'A hae on page 95

1 matches

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