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The word 'pairdon'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pairdonOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.7123
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 49.9 4 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 156.9 5 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 pairdon in Corpus

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General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
'Hech! I hae jist waukent... Pairdon me... I am aw tousiepetalled. on page 31
our juistice. But ye maun aye pairdon him for the sake o thrift. We on page 41

2 matches

Rennie, Susan The Teeger that Cam for his Tea, (Floris Kelpies 2018 ISBN: 978-1782504665) Central, weans
"Pairdon me," said the teeger, "but I' on page 4

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
er wi fricht. "Oh, Ah beg eer pairdon!" cried Ahlice hastily, feirt on page 21
"Ah beg eer pairdon!" said th Moose, frownin, but on page 25
"Ah beg eer pairdon," said Ahlice awfy humbly: "e on page 30

4 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
hakin wi fear. "Oh, A beg yer pairdon!" gret Alice in a hurry, fear on page 22
"A beg yer pairdon!" said the Moose, pullin haes on page 26
tter in the ither. "I beg yer pairdon, yer Majesty," hae stairtet, on page 111
"Oh, A beg yer pairdon!" shae exclaimt in a tone o b on page 116

5 matches

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