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The word 'builder'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
builderOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.22010
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 12 9 3
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 builder in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Tyrone wis a body-builder wha claimed tae be twenty nin on page 42

2 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Tae da unnamed builder o Woodwick doocot on page 44

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
untrose, tae thi naipier boat builder's, we wer three wheelter, dee on page 65

1 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 57 - Mac, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Doric, prose
n. In e hinner eyn, it teuk e builder's loon a twa-three meenits to on page 27

1 matches

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ye a do lol but a wis bob the builder in the bridge ower the river (2021) twitter link
aculusManiac aye a wis a body builder lol (2020) twitter link
shooda got bob the builder in tae design the bridge lol (2020) twitter link

Edinburgh

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
ried it. I telt him I drove a builder's lorry in Civvy Street. He t on page 136

2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
at this, eh? It’s the cash builder rooond and this wank stain hu
1 matches

General Central

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
the aaready flourishin faimly builder and contractor firm, Allmairs on page 72

7 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
inkin is the ane frae Bob the Builder...or Worzel Gummidge, forbye.(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
'chantiewrastler' for a dodgy builder or a naeyisser?(2020)

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