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The word 'surrender'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
surrenderOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.41813
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 1
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 3
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 surrender in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
nd he’d been on his wye tae surrender tae the British because he wi
tish lines wavin his airms in surrender so they startit shootin ana.
2 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Surrender tae i'void on page 124

1 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
hes heid roun tae cry oot his surrender. But afore he could - BANG!
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
And as ah watch his helpless surrender ah find masel strugglin tae h on page 161

1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
. Ah lay doon ma terms ae his surrender.
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
SURRENDER OR YOU'LL DIE - on page 69

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 81 - Annie and the New Chairs, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
ly, Eddie raised his hauns in surrender.
1 matches

Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
tae thir uncomfortable facks: surrender an denial. Unner Clinton, Bla
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
h anes as weel, an no hae tae surrender oor British anes gin they wan on page 142

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
'NO SURRENDER! Wee Broonie shouts before ru on page 45
'Wit's this "no surrender" patter, ya wee fuckin Orange on page 48

2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ndin ane o thaim, forced thei surrender. Emboldened, an getherin supp on page 26

1 matches

General Central

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
ped alang the bank shoutin “Surrender. Ah gie ye ma word ye’ll gi
nae mair an waved that he’d surrender.

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
the bank abuin shouts oot ‘Surrender an ye’ll git a fair trial.â

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
AFChymnSheet @JaneyGodley Nae surrender Briggsy??(2018)

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
efter the General Strike, tae surrender thir richt tae vote, an that on page 84

1 matches

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