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The word 'maintain'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
maintainOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.21714
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
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 2
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.6 8 7
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 maintain in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Will virus crisis mean a fresh stairt for Scots produce?, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
d maet is jist as crucial tae maintain the health o the nation. The
1 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
meenit or two, an that he wid maintain until his dyin day it wis big
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
ce, the theory we could pass, maintain possession as a route tae suc (2022) twitter link
ce, the theory we could pass, maintain possession as a route tae suc (2022) twitter link

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
hem. Imagine them managing to maintain a rational basis after all th
“They maintain they did,” sayed Bill. “Y
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
he toilet ah’ve managed tae maintain ma shit and Bruce is noo lyin
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ther fee far aff and I cannae maintain a solid eye contact fir the t on page 3

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General Central

Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
will continue tae develop an maintain Education Scotland's dedicati on page 7

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
s volunteer editors write and maintain articles with precise and con on page 9

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
alane maintain the speech community), it wil
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Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
the right to exist, persist, maintain and regenerate its vital cycl
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Sneddon, Alison Whit dae ye want “British vailues” tae mean?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
hts, but we winna be able tae maintain that ootwi the EU. A vote tae
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
wk intae yer hoose could help maintain gressroots political activism
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
need tae press that hame, an maintain it.
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
l I'm a peace maker trying to maintain it, dinnae blame me. I'm find(2020)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Reynolds, Charlie Tak pride in yer ain tongue, (North Antrim Speak 2009) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
a schuils shud bae helpin tae maintain tha Ullans forbye English. Wh
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