A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'customers'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
customersOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.52419
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 19.6 6 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 17.9 7 5
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
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 customers in Corpus

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Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Satisfied customers aal roond on page 36

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
f it hidna bin fir the bloody customers. Aa aat greetin an girnin - on page 86
isten te aa yon greetin-faced customers." on page 88

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Jack liftit a han es is first customers o the day cam tummlin throwe on page 8
Usual''s valued an discernin customers deserve the verra best - an on page 11

2 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
n doon names o windae cleanin customers. A watched as he stepped inta
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
/aaoUyajYlK far some i' their customers earn £280 per year fae ower (2019)

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
epper. He was alane amang the customers in speirin for't like es, for on page 76

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
er bit o abuse fae some o his customers.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
counted at the till, And our customers looked askance: on page 54

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
policy oan cunts stealin his customers." on page 71
he barman, who is busy servin customers. on page 104
en him. And he's no yin ae ma customers. Still, he seems tae hink wur on page 169

3 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
aboot here, that he keeps the customers aff o oor backs an lats us th
1 matches

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
vitingly and yin or twa ither customers came in frae the dreich Novem
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
they winna uise thairsels an customers aye kens when the salesman co
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
n honest,' the faither said. 'Customers are there tae be pauchled.' on page 17

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 81 - Annie and the New Chairs, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
ged shut Eddie grinned at his customers
1 matches

Edinburgh

Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ose things at the mercats, wi customers fae both near an far. But in
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
cairryin thaim whaurever the customers wintit thaim. He cud feel ilk
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
on the back n open doors fur customers tae stand n collect their mes on page 35

1 matches

General Central

Thoumire, Elizabeth For the fat romantics, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
hoot aboot the health o their customers.
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
seat had a wee travel rug for customers! *Even in Mesa Plateau Spain (2020)

South East (Borders)

@cammyrudkin tweeted
@bobbyrobson46 thats jist for customers that pay extra rach #weeextra(2012)