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The word 'alter'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
alterOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.81612
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 3
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 10.3 4 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
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) 58.1 1 1
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 alter 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.

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
," shö tocht, "hit's sure ta alter me size in some wye; an seein on page 40

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Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
l we could nae better dö bit alter wir coorse ta hae a luik. Hit
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De Luca, Christine St Ninian's Isle, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, poetry
– is shö sits apö da alter noo – her flicht
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(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
fushmongers frae Rab ti alter ti a wie offish mebbies.
. A telt Broun ti gang bak an alter the
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
is what he is and nobody can alter that (2020) twitter link
man at heart n thats no gonna alter noo (2020) twitter link

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
re tae wash ourselves in this alter ego ae the usual depressin Sc
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
And now all you need to do is alter your diet. Also, you should a
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
or anybody’s inability tae alter her fatalistic journey tae de
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General Central

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
awa. Ye'll no mak hit tae the alter at 'is rate! on page 2

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Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
y's somethin that nae wan can alter!" on page 33

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
thanks tae Francie and Josie (alter egos o Ricky Fulton and Jack
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
@pamcgoo Pies don't alter people's behavour, drink does(2020)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
" I saw the Campbell's colour alter, His mooth contort, his patte on page 59

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