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The word 'uncertainty'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
uncertaintyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.277
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 2
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of uncertainty in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
pe bringing tae lowse sax yrs uncertainty. Raise salute tae those fa br(2020)

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@EastScotlandFA with all the uncertainty goin on the now in the game t (2021) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
sweertness tae face potential uncertainty in the future. The problem is on page 146

1 matches

Ayrshire

Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
the car when Ah had a rush o uncertainty aboot whether or no tae go. A
1 matches

Lehane, Matt Gif I was, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
undamental course o pragmatic uncertainty
1 matches

General Central

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
ientin, the different hooses, uncertainty, oan the run, constant moveme on page 47

1 matches

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
maun dale wi' mich uncertainty aboot fundin' ivry yeir accau on page 45

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