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The word 'suggest'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
suggestOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus14.44734
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 3
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 54.7 5 3
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 1
GLA - Glasgow 22.8 5 4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 21.2 16 12
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of suggest in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
do it as a goodwill gesture. Suggest you take it - it's the best on page 75

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Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
ot the cloody sky ootside tae suggest that queer and unkan things w
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Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
hui duisna soond it. Bit if I suggest at we sood follow dis practic
deleeberately spelt sae as ta suggest dis doon-toon, anti-establish
2 matches

Nicholson, Hannah Da Wye At I Spaek, (self-published 2021) Shetland - Brae, poetry
Tae hear fokk suggest at how you spaek
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Watt, Valerie Meenie’s Viking spoon, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
s. Meenie hed da sense no tae suggest I try dat wan!
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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
The only thing I can suggest on page 15

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Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
suppose ... but if I were to suggest that the evidence for this is on page 56

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
t aff by the name, that micht suggest that it is cheesy an cliché. on page 7

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
Global warming Ah suggest on page 17

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Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
aa o the anecdotes o his life suggest that he wis faur fae stupit.
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Uri, Antonia Here's the problem wi the trad wife muivement, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
Thou, as previous statistics suggest, that isnae ayeweys the case
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General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
But reports suggest that it didnae. on page 118

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@Franwella tweeted
@aimeeannenaylor then might i suggest you de summit we yer favourit(2011)

(South) East Central

Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
William Soutar and MacDiarmid suggest the 'Derby winner and cairtho on page 95

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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
mic system's no wanted, A wad suggest a spellin system based on the
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
et a pie n bovril m8 - a kin suggest the scrumptious pies at the b (2021) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
the Trunchbull. 'How daur ye suggest a thing like thon! Whit cheek on page 145

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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
the Unionist pairties. A wuid suggest that, in spite o aw the trium on page 8
ers, but we hae the richt tae suggest tae them that, gin ye read th on page 96

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
here is nae real evidence tae suggest that they did. It seems mair on page 14

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Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
a wi her maist days. He didna suggest that they closet thairsels aw
at the back o that. Bill did suggest gaun tae the doctor, bit Nusi
der a black ee for daarin tae suggest there wis ocht atween the las
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Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
'So wit dae ye suggest we dae then, pal?' on page 21
'Well what do you suggest we do, Angie?' she says, as i on page 22

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
i luiks oan thair gizzes that suggest thay'd raither be on page 52

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
"Go fir a walk?" I suggest tae Iona, sideywiys. It's a s on page 3

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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n that hings fae them somehow suggest that only the passage ay time
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General Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
tish an/or English culture. A suggest that, in daein this, the arti on page 36

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
flegsome rate. Maist pynters suggest that sic a faw in naitural mu on page 17

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
Taen at face value, this wad suggest that the sample was haurdly r on page 9

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ory examination is eneuch tae suggest that a mair detailed and wide on page 18

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
re. In amang Chrome is Google Suggest, a featur fund in ither Googl
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
Ah wad suggest that in screivin Modren Scots
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Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
itory register. I’m gaun ti suggest, tho, at the’r only twa-thr
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Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
rn a skaith. Thai wad want ti suggest that ye herken tentillie til
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Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
is muckle evidence forby tae suggest that we need luik nae faurer
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Facebook link ( 2021) Central
Dare ah suggest that naethin is as it seems.

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
he way she said it seemed tae suggest it micht be a problem. %26quo

Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
sh – honest!’ But I would suggest that gin we want tae set our
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@jax6754 tweeted
tRichardson3 fraid a can only suggest trivago, as no been tae Notti(2014)

@Chazzbat tweeted
Cook Tolerance. Ah wis gonnae suggest co-codamol, but if ye're a're(2020)
@ACorruptedPoet Ah wis gonnae suggest yer mither's maiden name, but(2020)
@jackiepatie Micht Ah suggest a poncho ye cin fold up an ke(2020)

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
ame masel an ah was aboot tae suggest we play ocht else when ma een
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General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
meted. Oan accoont o' thon we suggest a sax montht process on page 32

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