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The word 'blues'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bluesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.42718
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 3
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 50.2 8 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 176.7 2 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 blues in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
nclude reids, yellows, pooder-blues, black. She detects a mild in
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
life Ower-come wi a fit o the blues on page 15

1 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
The azure blues, the siller sans, on page 16

1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
An aa i'time I'm singin i'blues on page 74

1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
@johnnydee72 howl thon blues min. Canna beat a wee drap o'(2016)

@72redz1903 tweeted
Cheers. Chose the Dundee Jazz/Blues festival for my stagger many (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
local bus campaign? Booze yer blues awa an take the train?' on page 1

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ma big sister went an gied us blues fur a laugh. Ay man don't eve on page 128

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Blues fir Harold Shipman on page 145

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
chapter enns wi a luik at ‘Blues for The Blue Lagoon’ an a s
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
tastes were aye taewards the blues an jazz back then, whiles A w on page 70

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
The Decoratin' Blues
Wi’ the blues all round my head,
- DECORATIN' BLUES!
- PAPER HANGIN' BLUES!
- LAVATORY BLUES!
8 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
screams up tae the entrance, blues n twos on, n four ae them jum on page 47

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
n, that cunt; charlie, smack, blues. . . you name it. Ma da knows
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
and melled thegither, pinks, blues, greens, yellaes and broons. on page 31

1 matches

McGibbon, Joe Lallans 73 - Feyther Langshanks Blues, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Feyther Langshanks Blues on page 116

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
whites, blues an yellaes o yer tartan, in t on page 22
emes, McDonalds, Poundworlds, blues an greens that hae nae place on page 77

2 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
bleezed roon dulled troots an blues ill-fun, on page 26

1 matches

Fenton, James The Lade, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
ore, whar the cairted bings o blues an whites wur waled on the ch
1 matches

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