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The word 'choir'
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Use in varieties of Scots choir Occurrences normalised per million words Occurrences Authors
Dialect map - Usage over time
Total Corpus 4.4 14 13 ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
6.5
2
2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
8.9
2
2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
7.7
3
3
WCE - West Central
13.8
3
3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
1.3
1
1
SEA - South East (Borders)
12.5
1
1
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)
32.8
1
1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)
Occurrences of choir 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.
Mid Northern A
Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots , (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
nted like gowd, an the schule choir sang wi their sweet bairns
1 matches
@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
brawest mang the whistling choir , That, ere the sun can clear (2020) twitter link
General Northern
@Franwella tweeted
troops or jist us?? I'll gie choir a miss me thinks or i'll nae (2012)
@fittiecrooners tweeted
deen The Fittie Sunday School Choir , live fae St.Clements church (2018)
(South) East Central
Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots , (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
For tae jine the choir invisible. on page 6
1 matches
Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission , (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
, anchor, Bacchic, character, choir , chord, chorus, christen, Chr
1 matches
Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer , (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
an the FPs’ choir wha sang his favourite All in
1 matches
West Central
Percy, Ely Duck Feet , (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
on't want tae hear your cats' choir . Charlene jist laughed. Moan on page 95
1 matches
Clark, Thomas Yes Nae Mair , (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
adges, the yins that said "Bu Choir ". That didnae mean "Yes", mai
1 matches
Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY , (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
e skriechin wind in a hellish choir . The trees creaked and groane
1 matches
General Central
Morton, Elaine Hamethocts , (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Smaa toun wifie sings in the choir - W on page 17
1 matches
South East (Borders)
Thompson, James My Borderlands , (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
It's nature's choir , she now displays on page 22
1 matches
South West (Galloway)
Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer , (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
ers, And ye'd soon joined the choir , a lovely wee voice, the Youn on page 80
1 matches
East Antrim (Larne)
King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition , (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
A choir o yellae-legged gulls wi legs on page 44
1 matches