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The word 'protest'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
protestOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12719
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
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 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.2 5 3
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 2
GLA - Glasgow 15.4 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 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 protest in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
Wi wan last squeal o protest, an a wriggle o pure spite, on page 78

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Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
thur protest on page 18

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Betty wis jist aboot te protest fin the quine caad the door t on page 82

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Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
ll we read it in the paper. A protest meeting then wis organised Be on page 29

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(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
Even the Boot turnt roon tae protest. on page 1

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ess's flytin, gied oot a jynt protest that they didna care for the
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
the Herald aboot a fotie o a protest placard, that kythed in the p
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
_ @GodsellDylan anti lockdown protest a do agree with though (2020) twitter link
the rush hour m8 as part o a protest against the parking lot - a (2020) twitter link

West Central

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
o it. This wis the time o the protest sang, the skiffle group and t on page 56

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
efusin tae buy it as a form a protest, ah said. Whit's that gaunnae on page 169

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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
o peacefu an perfeckly legal protest groups ower the past couple o on page 79
ess decided tae mak their ain protest, a torchlicht rally an weeken on page 102

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Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
yed kindly, brushin aside the protest that the Pandit wis aboot tae
Beatrice wis gaun tae protest that they werena briganders,
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ld be anyboadys’ eyes’ ah protest.
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Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
morale conscience screams in protest that "this is shyte", but som on page 3

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Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
alang wae her pal, tryin tae protest. ‘AH DON’T WANT TAE HEAR
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Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah’m gonnae protest, tell her naw; impose a moral
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General Central

McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
s can be yaised as venues for protest an awareness-raisin, as the g
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McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
Polis violence at a protest i the caipital city o Londono
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McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ate. Or think o the richt tae protest, or tae tak land intae commun
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
tap payin their TV License in protest o the BBC. Whit wey nae big t
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Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
, ‘methinks the laddie doth protest ower muckle’. This luiks li
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@bigandymccoll tweeted
a co-ordinated "Million Scot Protest " at a specific date/time in (2022) twitter link

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Dickey, William Yarns 3 - Annual General Report, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ballymena, prose
Logan an his supporters. The protest was maistly peaceful but an i
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