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The word 'chemist'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
chemistOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.7128
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 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 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 chemist in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
akkin ma buy hair dye fae the chemist an he's aiven gaun te yon sun on page 13
et er fae er wirk te dee some chemist shoppin: on page 40

2 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
the chemist tae get his draps. Noo fa sho
draps. Noo fa shood be in the chemist bit the wifie
2 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Thochts o Speakin Scots, (peffers50.freeserve 2001) Central, prose
they cuid juist gaun intae a chemist shop an coff some conter-cree
1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
rrin ahint the counter in the chemist’s an
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
fur her. Ma ma went doon the chemist an she got this box ae smelly on page 40
Wully when ah wis doon at the chemist fur a prescription fur ma ma. on page 134

2 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Score-in fae thi chemist it dizzna git on page 18

1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Or yer luve kin die whan the chemist's shop on page 119
stayed doon by Ella's at the Chemist. on page 135

2 matches

General Central

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
old fashioned way, go to the chemist tell them ye need something w(2020)