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The word 'correct'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
correctOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.83925
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 58.1 10 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.3 4 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 2
EDN - Edinburgh 24.8 4 3
GLA - Glasgow 20.1 4 4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 7
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of correct in Corpus

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
arieties ivver fae syne. Tae "correct" dis twa bi/by forms tae merg on page 31
9 Tae "correct" onyeen tae *onyone widna be on page 59
system is more "correct" that the other or than the s on page 73
d tae bide IN dir isles. Tae "correct" dis tae 'on' is on page 79
øsed fir prepositions. Tae "correct" idder o da forms tae da on page 80
Also on pages 95, 107
7 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
s of age), the teacher has to correct the word and/or sentence by r
ntence by repeating it in the correct way.
2 matches

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
Tae "correct" false freends is a mistak. A

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ric translate button fur auto correct?(2014)
Fit is the correct response fin ye meet a mannie(2018)

Aberdeen

@Woodside Wullie tweeted
@MissWendyWood Correct. Yon’s nae a quine. Yon’s a (2021) twitter link

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
@jay_mfc All correct, but, there is a point where (2022) twitter link
tae be confirmed this week - correct? (2022) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
it nae be first to post with correct prediction? I ayewis check th(2020)

(South) East Central

Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ee a sign stairtin "Don't" an correct it automatically in ma heid t
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
lDylan aye thats when you are correct - which isnt very often lol (2020) twitter link
shed now but its probably the correct decision to c (2021) twitter link
lion the word hot is defo the correct word - nudge nudge wink wink (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ppers fur that. Ah wantet tae correct her an say that flippers didn on page 43

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
or politically no correct on page 16
I talk correct. on page 56

2 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
Didnae. Flamin auto correct, fat fingers, an foonertness!(2020)

Edinburgh

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
t 'it's ladle' musta been the correct answer. So, of course, ah sta on page 36

1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
ng wey roond, the spellin wis correct aa the wey throu. Snawba read
war a collieshangie ower the correct retíral age for ilka cless o
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
t bouts of diarrhoea? Is that correct?
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ately, Mr Brown is absolutely correct. In my experience of gang vio on page 57

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
are ye meet somebdy wi such a correct opinion. on page 16

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ong enough tae know whit the "correct" beliefs ur, so''s no tae dis on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Correct! He is some player. Aye it is
1 matches

General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
m,' he said. 'That's actually correct. Ye see, mathematics is simpl on page 40

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
'Correct me if I'm wrang,' he said, 'b on page 124

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ountainpen. Clerical black is correct, it mindit him o the meeniste on page 72

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
n. He hadnae had the time tae correct 2C's jotters. He was luikin g on page 37

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 81 - Chynge for chynge’s sake?, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
, sae I maun tread warily, an correct me gin I’m wrang, but I thi
1 matches

@jamieonkeys tweeted
wey fowk speaks. An, btw, the correct spellin is "It leuks like Nic(2018)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
idelines o social distancin, *correct* an consistent mask wearin, h(2020)

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