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The word 'comment'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
commentOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus34.211444
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 29.1 5 4
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 129.2 53 4
WCE - West Central 31.1 7 5
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 2
GLA - Glasgow 15.4 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 35.5 27 19
SEA - South East (Borders) 24.2 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 55.8 4 2
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 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of comment 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

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
da offendin garments.) An her comment on what I tocht wis a reddir on page 13

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Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
Contrast Koen Zondag’s comment on bilingual education in Fri
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@tattooedselkie tweeted
on dere, an wir juist haed a comment flagged an deleted fir usin t(2021)

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
lass but why do folk have to comment about it all the time? Whats (2018) twitter link

North Northern B (Caithness)

@JamesAmcvean tweeted
rter and this clown liked yer comment.(2021)

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
I love fit the loon’s done. Comment, like or share when you see i(2017)

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
'm interested in the airbrush comment. I'm aware that wounds are de (2020) twitter link
@JPEGMacDonald Yer comment reminds me o this film https: (2020) twitter link

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
Wi that last screechin comment she pulled at a thirty mile a
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@72redz1903 tweeted
@DiscussDandies I get the comment you’re referring to but we a (2020) twitter link
supporters and rightly so. My comment was in response tae some mupp (2020) twitter link
ra catches the impact of that comment and she should really have to (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
, ye'll be passin' jist a wee comment on somebidy, maybe ye heard t on page 8

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
lier, Ah chose tae ignore her comment. Paul, who wis oblivious tae on page 31
Ah might huv taken that comment as a compliment if what ah sa on page 50
o join him in a laughin at ma comment. And then ah hear a familiar on page 58
Ah'm intrigued by this comment and bein the nosy bastard tha on page 106
rt?" he says sarcastically. A comment that only seems tae enrage th on page 111
Also on pages 117, 126, 132, 190, 194
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
o a modren urban crack makin comment on the laddie's reaction tae
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
Comment ca va aujourd'hui?
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@AfcMiners no comment lol (2020) twitter link
@blackdiamondfm no comment! (2020) twitter link
ts of the game guys - and no comment on the official in charge of (2020) twitter link
Brian_Pacey @andrewgrubb35 no comment lol (2021) twitter link
stScotlandFA @Barf19631925 no comment mr pacey - u did put the pos (2021) twitter link
and 35 other occurrences.

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ver thought she'd hit me wi a comment lik that though. on page 52
's usually always got a sarky comment, but he never he jist sat the on page 127

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
e is awhaur. Hou aboot Hogg's comment ti Scott on leiterarie skuils on page 116

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
oic i the ordnar, the’r nae comment on braw poems like ‘The Sod
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
the word leid, at least,’ a comment comes in.
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
An’ ye shouldnae pass comment afore ye actually try it
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@MizLiot tweeted
tae dae wi it? Would ye mak a comment like that if I was scrieving (2021) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
wisnae government policy tae comment on Trident tests. This, whan on page 55

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Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e nane o’t, bit he made nae comment.
e wis gaun tae mak ony furder comment, he didna. He wis quate a wee
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
uttin tae worry aboot’’ a comment that brings oot yin ae Brucie
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Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
a hand. The guy who made the comment, Peter Dickson, walks forward on page 25

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
the backseat at some rant or comment. Pee stoaps, fags, views ay l on page 3

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General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
nin frae his ordnar an passin comment on it. She gaed on this gate on page 20
nin frae his ordnar an passin comment on it, but nou, increasinly, on page 22

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Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
yin pint. The ither is a wee comment on the nature o this vocabula on page 59

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Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
A comment wis made at, weel sae whit, w on page 4

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Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
Scots and Gaelic.’ Dunn’s comment at ‘it is when this urge (i
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
engin technology. A weel seen comment anent the dreids o his ain ti
en tae the sheriff, aiblins a comment o whit body haed the burden i
and stertit tae report an mak comment. In Februar o 1665 the journa
3 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
uckle o the wirds are worth o comment and A’ll claim the lexicogr
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Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
n doon, the mair articles and comment folk see in Scots, the mair s
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
he poyem, oxtert wi backgrund comment an langage notes, that’s in
rs 1637-1667, makkin a hantle comment on political an releegious ma
kent as the Doric) that made comment on aw kin kind o subjects unn
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Horsbroch, Dauvit The Embra Greement, (Scots Language Centre 2012) Central, government
• makkin comment on the wording o the referend
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
If anyone can comment on @bmc875 tell him I called (2020)

@g_hibby tweeted
ae of a morning... And make a comment or two on twitter.... ?? (2023) twitter link

@iainnicol tweeted
Nae shuir whit this comment is aboot? It's aboot thon sea(2020)

@RickHJohnston tweeted
ter time up. The Princess Ann comment wis entitlement on steroids. (2022) twitter link

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
@alastairmci I wis aboot tae comment hoo I wis luxuriatin in yer l(2020)

@OliphantWullie tweeted
d country laird in Perthshire comment. Folk can see through that no (2022) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
ogmeister I couldnae possibly comment!(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
low the fitba but ah love the comment fae the fan wha cried "aw naw(2020)

@pmcm1355 tweeted
tae Gibraltar is no a stupid comment. (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
notwork @natlibscot Ah cannae comment oan Star Trek films Ah'm afra (2019) twitter link
a neep, or a tumshie? RT and comment wi yer answer! https://t.co/Q (2018) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
i38349484 @Swallydooncally Ma comment wis purely aboot ma ain lack (2020)

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
nMP Ahm tae crabbit to make a comment against that toffee-nosed sno(2020)
Ach, Ma guidness. a luv yer comment ?? https://t.co/sbvLSWv9zP(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
'still in force', A wantit a comment fae MacDougall as tae hou thi on page 84

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@StuartPoet tweeted
Scots as a language that can comment oan whit's gan oan way ootby (2020)
elinekking @Historic_Ally Nae comment!(2020)

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
But A'm gettin' the odd wee comment an that, on page 35

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