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The word 'nuance'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
nuanceOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus1.863
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
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 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 nuance in Corpus

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General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
ach, sleekit weys wi gremmar, nuance, Craw's ma furst leid on page 3

1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
iss ah these polarised views, nuance is jist nae welcome fan it co (2023) twitter link
uld have been mair aware that nuance disnae work in social media. (2020) twitter link

General Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
d support fur) this important nuance is creetical in the successfu on page 9
ttee unnerstauns the need fur nuance in the settin o ambeetions at on page 23
otentiallie pit in a bit mair nuance", tae mak the process easier. on page 42

3 matches

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