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The word 'subtle'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
subtleOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.32717
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
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
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 22.8 5 4
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 17.3 13 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 subtle in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
vered weeman and so began the subtle scheman on page 77

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Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
this subtle injines trou the warp on page 12

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(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
aire ah've started tae notice subtle changes in ma boady. Ah kin f on page 119

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West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
And noo a subtle change wis comin upon the twa on page 123

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Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Think o’ the nods an’ subtle smiles
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
eel appliances tae illuminate subtle sophistication. And ah dare s
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Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
e the original, but casts its subtle emphases in ither directions. on page vii

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
burst oot laughin. Yi wur as subtle as a fuckin circus wae these on page 33

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
Subtle as a brick through yer windae on page 3

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Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
d back green, appreciatin the subtle beauty in a cloud strewn, ash
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Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Cubismo Part III, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
yet subtle
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General Central

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
warks. Ither dangers is mair subtle. In mony reviews o beuks in S
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Neil, Gabriel The Green Pairty: Holyrood’s nixt opposition?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
eems tae hae pickit up o this subtle grunnnswell o support for the
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
n a mainner awmaist sleekitly subtle, flittin slicht up and doon a
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Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
ially Sapphic – awbeit mair subtle nor Poem 49 – poems (38 and
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Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
Subtle, ah like that word.
Whit did she mean, subtle, hen? How was it subtle?
, hen? How was it subtle?
Aye, hen. Subtle.
Subtle, daddy?
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
r wirds, ye will lug-in tae a subtle difference in the quality o t
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
d her hauners hae been warkin subtle tae siccar ilka concession & (2020)

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
06 Ano hen, lassies didnae do subtle wen ah was strippin! (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Ma subtle charms brings oot the flavour on page 20

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South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
or maybe yer subtle friars are plottin sedition. on page 44

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