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The word 'refuse'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
refuseOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.52522
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 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
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.3 4 4
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
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 refuse in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
distraction (tho thay jentle refuse the lass), fer than this twa on page 42

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"who scream blue murder, and refuse to eat another mouthful if th on page 9

1 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
I refuse ta believe dis https://t.co/1 (2021) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Furthermair, I will niver refuse
tin faithers will, he couldna refuse her, clean connached an petti
2 matches

General Northern

@Franwella tweeted
@LouiseNicol1 diet....I refuse tae buy bigger breeks. May ne(2011)

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
made het an offer she couldna refuse. They'd drop the charges if s on page 86

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
r yet sae clean all sudroun I refuse,
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Ye besom, why dae ye refuse
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@nikki_lew_ fgs - a would refuse to serve them - how ignorant (2020) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
o bein caa'd a spendrif, wid refuse on page 110

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
eh refuse ti let them wander on page 82

1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
the Baillie. An ah refuse, ah taint ma office. on page 112

1 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
r, they’re oan me? Ye canny refuse free porridge. Ye lap it up l
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
refuse tae answer succinct quaistens on page 39

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
e'll find iz mysterious cos I refuse tae touch a drop a' alcohol a on page 3

1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
t." There wis nae wey ye cuid refuse an auld bodie, sae ye had tae on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
we refuse tae
1 matches

@alistairdunn tweeted
absolutely starving, refuse tae get out ma bed though(2014)

@Chazzbat tweeted
odd tae me. Ah've hed drivers refuse me fer aa sorts reasons in th(2020)
iver tae enforce it? Cin they refuse tae let folk on if thur no ob(2020)
ciety. Racism is rife, but we refuse tae acknowledge the fact. It'(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
mak him an offer he couldnae refuse ??(2020)

@ThonJacobite tweeted
mak him an offer he couldnae refuse ??(2020)

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
@jockmcleod53 Frankly, a wid refuse to huv that oan me! Since the(2020)