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The word 'concept'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
conceptOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.93820
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 104.6 18 2
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
DOR - General Northern
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 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 21.7 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 8 6 6
SEA - South East (Borders)
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of concept 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

@peediepuss tweeted
@jm_stout It must be the concept of Orkney being the axis of t(2020)

Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
me Consequences of the Public Concept of Dialect
According to the public concept, dialects have no grammar or
on ta disagree wi dis public concept o dialect. Hoosumever, hit se
ialect’, hit’s dis public concept o dialect at we hae ta wirk w
wird ava, hit’s dat public concept at fock tinks at we mean. Whi
17 matches

Williamson, Christie Da Problem o dese Paerts, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Shetland, prose
dan nane o wis is free' - a concept I wis embarassed no ta be win
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Dating is a new and exciting concept for singles who like to flirt on page 36

1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"Yase Macavellian concept - divide and conquer. on page 32

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
And, shair, I fund the concept fair effete, on page 32

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
on't think you unnerstaun the concept ae a diet Kirsty, Ah said, Ah on page 137

2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
wis a non-pairty single issue concept but aw involved an A wis ane on page 58

1 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
t wurds whan the soond or the concept seemit tae caa fur them. We d on page viii

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
is alien tae hur n she's nae concept ae gang violence or retributi on page 56

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
an nae concept o wyte on page 28

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ike him sleep soundly wae nae concept ay such contemplation. Blissf
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
hoat. It’s just an abstract concept; an intangible thing, a unit
1 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Gif I was, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
s ... I’d be fashed that my concept had gien humanity sic conster
1 matches

General Central

Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
greed an aw tae 'develop the concept of 'Scottish Studies' in our on page 3

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
text is tae expoond the idea, concept or subject a clear, cutty an on page 9

1 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
2011 agreeit tae develop the concept o Scottish Studies in oor scu
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
inclusion o roch skectches an concept airt is a nice touch that hel
1 matches

@rattlecans tweeted
ist refusing tae tolerate the concept of time, him lols (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
the history o spellin an the concept o non-standard leids: https:/ (2021) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
s run riot roon his 'designer concept' on page 47

1 matches

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