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The word 'vague'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
vagueOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.32116
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
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 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 41 8 4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 4
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) 31.4 1 1
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of vague in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
nan in her heid, an she hed a vague sort o idea at they mosst be on page 112

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(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Intent and vague and funny, Puttering mutterin on page 54

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West Central

Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
on o a Scottish text wis that vague that Macbeth an 1984 wid’ve
1 matches

Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
he wiz sharp enough to glean vague shite n that fae context. Imp
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
unnin in her heid, an she'd a vague sort ae notion that if she di on page 114

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
est n obviously that yi huv a vague notion ae their pleasure, as on page 41

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
I make a promise tae masel, vague, nae words. on page 3

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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
oan the side ay the motor in vague acknowledgement ay the beat.
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
AA road map an he hud only a vague idea ay where the digs where.
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
y tae argue. Ah just grunt in vague recognition or gie the occasi
His dulcet tones muffle tae a vague impression ay the song as ah
2 matches

General Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
hat the proveesions wis awfie vague. on page 25

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
avoid ambiguity, jargon, and vague or unnecessarily complex word on page 9
id be evitit as thir terms is vague an relative. 'A wee whilie sy on page 11

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Sneddon, Alison Whit dae ye want “British vailues” tae mean?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
sh vailues” is conveniently vague an yaised by actors across th
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@IshbelMcF tweeted
d summarises them for me in a vague way. Nae gaein in the bottom (2019)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
t in hur heid, an she tain th vague idea that they haed tae b' ro on page 115

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South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
were postit but were suitably vague. Still nae notion ae who ye w on page 77

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Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
in in hir heid, an shae had a vague soart o idea that they must b on page 116

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East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
face, but cud see nocht but a vague blur o features imprinted on on page 58

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