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The word 'clair'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
clairOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus196110
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 59.3 5 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 115.1 45 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 31.4 5 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 clair in Corpus

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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
a voar speets dat mak da aert clair fir saain. on page 67

1 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 77 - Whaur Gadie Rins, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
sleekit loon, but A haev this clair mem'ry o haein eence begowkt on page 55
wi tire tae; an, fan it becam clair that A haed nott the strinth on page 56

2 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
wad be need o; an fan it was clair Mither wad nivver be able to
th that the mirky waaters cam clair at laist. He haed nae objecti
urday o that wik; but made it clair A wadna tak oor “relationsh
3 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
myndit mair clair nor lift tide on page 3

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
I said it clair, I said it heich, on page 87

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - A Wird i Yer Lug, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
n in sic a mainner as tae mak clair the wye o sayin’t: oys tae
1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
n tae mak shair the coast wis clair, on page 26

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
Audience wi Clair on page 1

34 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
ls the drauchts wes siccar an clair, duin
wyfe an in-keper. It wes clair at shae wuid inlow oniething
clair prospect o the Lowdens spreid
clair as ye lyk. Sae we telt the ma
e o a naitioun hes a nummer o clair staups. Lik the bairn’s
10 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
surrogats tume rhethorie fur clair states. on page 13

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
at gaed on as afoir, speikin clair an kynd, an soukin gleglie at on page 7

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
es alse a dentie ying weiman, clair, sempil an furthie. on page 4

1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
thought ye was goan out wi’ Clair tonight, Ah sais, tossing ma
1 matches

General Central

Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
eologie is makkit muckle mair clair,
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
€™s ae man-made loch an A hae clair myndins o Rob expleinin tae m
1 matches

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