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The word 'sneered'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sneeredOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.1109
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 sneered in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Fur whit a freck you are," he sneered. "At least gie hid a try." on page 20

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North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
buh] tae Eurystheus, the king sneered. "Doesna look aw that fierce on page 33

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(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ly kippers in the bag, Hughie sneered tae himsel. on page 35

1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
Madlove still raved an Thomas sneered." on page 112

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
's yer last word on't, then?' sneered Claverhouse. "Iak thaim baith on page 46

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General Central

Briggs, Susi The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Princess and the Grumphieman, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
ce. "You were rude tae me! Ye sneered at things that maittered tae on page 93

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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
on a mere mortal,” the god sneered. “I will mak her immortal a
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McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
litics. Think o whit wey they sneered an snashed at RIC chappin doo
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Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
altire hissel could easily be sneered at by thame that criticise th
1 matches

Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
It is either something tae be sneered at on a daily basis or a gimm
1 matches

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