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The word 'reasonable'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
reasonableOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.22419
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
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 reasonable in Corpus

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Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
absolutely deun tryin tae be reasonable an accommodation wae them. If (2020) twitter link

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
"Yes, but A grow at a reasonable pace," sade e Moosie: "no in on page 108

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Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
e?" A wis ass happy a lost aa reasonable thinken an a roart back, "Naa on page 19

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
aid it wis affa nice, an rale reasonable." on page 29
m willing to let them go at a reasonable price - to someone who'll re on page 73

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
the best barber aroon, an at reasonable monthly fee'll mak sure ye bi on page 11

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(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
"A grand? that's very reasonable fur that sort ae hing. Ah alw on page 107

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Noo, I'm quite a reasonable person, ye ken. I widnae see on page 24

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West Central

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
ill find us - within certain reasonable parameters.
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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
a kenspeckle past. He made a reasonable kind o livin daein whit he wi on page 71

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Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
‘Ah, but yer a reasonable felly, Nicky boy’, Evans co
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McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
or a richt guid meal, at very reasonable prices. Ma was a wee person,
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Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
why the super like? The only reasonable course ae action is fur him t on page 16

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
y Tennents In defence ay when reasonable fowk caw it a parasite. That on page 3

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General Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
lexibilitie integratit tae be reasonable and proportionate in this reg on page 25

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
ns that speaks them, it is no reasonable tae expect schuils tae
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McClurg, Fernando Scots, the Electoral Commission an the language community, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
an sum o the choices made are reasonable eneuch. But gin this is isna
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McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
back reformist pairties wi a reasonable chance o weildin significant
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
Bengal I went tae ma bed at a reasonable time for once ?? no went to m(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"Aye, but Ah grow at a reasonable pace," said th Dormoose: "no on page 111

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