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The word 'remarks'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
remarksOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.52517
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 70.3 2 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 9.8 4 2
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
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) 94.2 3 2
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) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of remarks in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
sood laern no ta mak personal remarks," said Alice, kinda siccar; " on page 69
"Noo wha's makkin personal remarks?" da Hat-makker axed, fair pr on page 74

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 learn no till make personal remarks," Alice sade wi a wild look o on page 65
"Wa's makan personal remarks noo?" e Hatter asked wi a bee on page 70

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
estor's socially disinhibited remarks in the past on what he consid on page 94

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
oyce, ignorin Morrice's sarky remarks. "It's gaun te bi aa Turkish on page 14

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Jonsar Eck's remarks an tells him., "My sister his
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
's nae need fur racial slurs" remarks Aldo. Efter lovinly jumpin oa on page 64
o, yae love her anywey?" Aldo remarks, "Then that makes you a bette on page 105
ingle aw picture in sight" he remarks. on page 136

3 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
withdraw the tossers/dipstick remarks? am askin cos ur ma freend lo (2021) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
sister up tae make sectarian remarks, Fur Christ sake Claire it wi on page 66
he two ae them an thir racist remarks so ah jist said, Is thir a po on page 169

2 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
pears acroass his puss and he remarks ‘’Again, I am very sorry
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
s only answerin in very short remarks, an she drew hersel up an sai on page 45

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
gie's makin sic sherp, nebbie remarks, an she drew hersel up tae he on page 44

1 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
a, will shairly bring tuithie remarks aff historians sic as Grosjea on page 110

1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
haed made a wheen ill-faured remarks anent the auld buird memmers
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
ken hae nuthin but disparagin remarks tae say aboot Professor Penni(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
uld learn no tae mak personal remarks," said Ahlice gie nippy: "eet on page 67

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
Caterpillar makin sae shoart remarks, an shae pullt hirsel up an s on page 45
hud larn naw tae mak personal remarks," Alice said wi some severity on page 68

2 matches

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
's bike an naeb'dy passed ony remarks, naw within his hearin ony ro on page 44

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
n thïs, an stairtit tae pass remarks, sayin, "He's stappin ower wi on page 101

1 matches

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