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The word 'offence'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
offenceOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.53521
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 13.1 4 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 2
WCE - West Central 39.9 9 4
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 2
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.1 10 5
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 20 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of offence in Corpus

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
nenst'. Da meaneen 'tae caase offence' is attestit fae da 14t on page 102

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ts...onythin aat micht caause offence - if ye're disappyntit or so on page 57
ts...onythin aat micht caause offence...' Stevie's voice wis ringin on page 62

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
o onybody like yersel – nae offence, Jed, bit yer nae the healthi
1 matches

Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
h, his mam said, "Reight, nae offence but dinna teach yer granny ta
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
aff a ship. It wis her first offence an the bailie spiert, "Whit t
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
tice secretary wae a criminal offence need a say more - mans a roa (2021) twitter link
he pavement is not causing an offence too? - can you explain? o de (2020) twitter link

West Central

Ellet, Tom Lallans 104 - Smirr, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
yersel awa wis made a capital offence; but awthing wis pyntless. on page 20

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ir an the same dimples an nae offence but she's got the same mad tr on page 67
want tae get off with you. No offence or anythin. on page 113
Charlene she'd probably take offence tae that. In the end ah got h on page 154

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The wurd that hud caused sic offence wis 'Arse'!, on page 36
twa hunner pound fir a first offence on page 64
commits some fouterie wee offence ye should richtly ignore, (if on page 119
jewels are committin the same offence. on page 121

4 matches

@MizLiot tweeted
Whit's the mair dumpable offence here? Me wanting fig rolls fr (2021) twitter link

Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
d Evan Evans n his surprising offence at offhandedly being called a
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
aist leukin a reason tae take offence at him. She wis angert at her
stertit tae apologise. “Nae offence - ”
2 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
tlin bastart! Sorry lads, nae offence if yies ur Jungle Jims or tha
1 matches

General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
Dependin on the degree o yer offence, ye cud be belted a nummer o on page 42

1 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Mrs Nae Offence 2021 on page 27

6 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
an everybody felt better. 'No offence meant', ma faither said. 'Non on page 44

1 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
at his loom at the time o the offence. Pair soul wis hanged as an e

@Chazzbat tweeted
iepatie It shud be a criminal offence. Ah wid lock aa they fuckers (2020)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
t, half feart that it wud tak offence agane. on page 29

1 matches

General Ulster

HRConnect Candidate Wittens Beuklet, (Northern Ireland Executive 2025) Ulster, government
if they wur convicted o' onie offence, (ither nor minor on page 8
s baes saen as a disciplinary offence. on page 39

2 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
we dïnnae want tae gie onie offence, sae gae ye doon tae tha loch on page 9

1 matches

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