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The word 'proved'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
provedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.53121
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 70.3 2 1
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 25 4 3
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
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 proved in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
its folk aff and, faith, that proved me right. on page 29
i proved tae be quite clever and cam o on page 68

2 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
d hard against id, at attempt proved a failure. Alice heard id say on page 34
Alice didna think at proved id at all: however, she went on page 61

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
The flight back te Aiberdeen proved univentful, an Joyce, wykened on page 46

1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
Awbdy wiz at it. Proved ye hid boattle. Ye wirnae a f
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e been a coincidence but this proved athoot ony doot that last nic
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
nd some sotter o gutters they proved tae be. It wiz a quate bit o
1 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
e properly testit, nor kin be proved his insistance that magic wis on page 118

1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
*"Withoot ye things wid hae proved fatefu'." on page 31

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ck wae Bonnyrigg's keeper hus proved tae be nuttin shoart ae a mas on page 111

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
d ever top the charts. But we proved them wrong an we've put Govan on page 169

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
His wife, Bella Todd, proved faur frae fallow, on page 17
avours she wis keen tae lend, Proved Currie's faur too hot! on page 47
Proved his mind's cam aff it's hinge on page 48

3 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
had Davie, but they were aye proved wrang. Ae pairt o the countys on page 83

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
till loved me. Even though he proved ah wis thick, right enough. S on page 36

1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Henrick Larsson proved his ability at Feyenoord, Cel
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
t’s directly in front ae me proved a challenge, tae say the leas
pts at an SAS style entry huv proved futile and worse still, eh? B
2 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
Alice didnae hink that proved anythin: bit she went oan ony on page 64

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
dinnae. Ah cannae until ah've proved ah'm nae eejit academically. on page 7

1 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
His wife, Bella Todd, proved faur frae fallow,
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
strong as a butcher's dog and proved it when she threw aw that wat on page 39

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
wis proved tae be true on page 27

1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
. The emergency services haes proved their wurth in baith incident
1 matches

@bigandymccoll tweeted
re genuinely shocked. It just proved how much Scotland had been po (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
hard aginst eet, that attempt proved a failure. Ahlice heard eet s on page 35
Ahlice didnae hink that proved eet at aw: ho'e'er, she went on page 63

2 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
The polis nivir proved hae had committed a crime. on page 31

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
Alice didnae think that proved oniethin ava; hooiniver, shae on page 64

1 matches

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