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The word 'respond'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
respondOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12717
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 17.1 7 3
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 24.8 4 3
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.5 8 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 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 respond in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
n an aa. Bairns at schuil aye respond weel tae them. (2020) twitter link

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
Had Ah felt mair able tae respond in kind, on page 24

1 matches

General Northern

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
And fan she disna respond, tae ma mither I turnit and s
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e naeboady quite sure how tae respond. In the back ae on page 31
"What, did yae jist say" ah respond in a state ae shock. on page 64
Before ah kin respond she cloacks Alana standin in on page 83
re...Tae watch Cinderella" ah respond, utterly beaten. on page 137
peechless and before ah could respond. Ma mum came tae the door "Wh on page 197

5 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
an, that she wisna feared tae respond tae my witness. I thank Ye fo
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Weel ye felt ma love respond.
1 matches

West Central

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
ill think, but ma body didnae respond tae whit I wis telling it tae
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
in England fowk cin, an will, respond tae alternatives tae the neo- on page 9
eadership o the pairty dinnae respond near enough tae the wishes o on page 10

2 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Respond tae rhythms, strong an’ fle
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
tae touch him. He felt hissel respond. His body pu’ed towart her.
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Ah respond wae an approvin noad and he b
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
He’s itchin tae respond but Craiyg gits in first and
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
back. Wan fir wan. She dosnae respond. Fuck. Too far. Retreat. on page 3

1 matches

General Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
. Respondents coud chuise tae respond tae either cry fur views in E on page 2
ative priorities and spend in respond tae this Bill. The Committee on page 3
In their screivit respond tae the cry fur views, UHI No on page 4

3 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
Thaim thit respond maun be aware thit the Scots
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Indytwa?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ent an whit wey Scotland shid respond. For the noo, here’s ma tho
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
promptin Adam McNaughton tae respond in sang:
1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
air that the covid virus will respond tae us wavin a white flag whi(2020)

@fairpechtoot tweeted
ng @gaelicbingo That's how ye respond when ye've nae energy... Weel(2018)

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
. add their insult tae me, ma respond is twa fingers salute https:/ (2021) twitter link