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The word 'bac'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bacOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.4113
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B 131 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 12 9 1
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 bac in Corpus

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Mid Northern B

Fowler, Ross Sunday Fitba wi ma Faither, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
dna move quick enough cos the bac ought him smack bang richt in
1 matches

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
widnae miss me if a wis late bac (2020) twitter link

General Central

@jax6754 tweeted
hopped this! A want the curls bac! But if you like it thats awe(2014)
estival instead! Safe travels bac doon South! xxx(2014)
e Just wonderin if your comin bac tae dae anythin here or are u(2014)
hey places?? When will you be bac in Edinburgh? xxx(2014)
ofe Happy Christmas Eve richt bac tae you tae, and yir fam, fae(2014)
and 4 other occurrences.