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The word 'doctors'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
doctorsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.33319
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 32.7 10 5
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central 139.1 3 1
SEC - (South) East Central 12.8 5 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 2
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 2
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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of doctors in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
several miscarriages till da doctors advised dem no ta try again. on page 12
d urgent tones, an a couple a doctors rushed past me intae da room. on page 53

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
han taking my children to the doctors for their injections.' Mam ap
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
an hid spent aa her siller on doctors att coudna dee naething for h on page 94

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
he loon could haud his ane wi doctors, lawyers an the like, speecia
Ross, een o the first wummin doctors in the toon. On this verra br
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
icher – diplomats, lawyers, doctors an scientists. Fyles, he ente
r, Jenny, hid bin telt bi the doctors that, efter the operation, Br
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
pital and spoke tae een o the doctors faa tellt her he wiz affa nae
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
boot it. He even fessed ither doctors inaboot tae see it. This wiz
las’ broo and invited ither doctors tae come and see it.
2 matches

Harper, Edith Soon Awa, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2021) Doric, poetry
Ah heard fit the doctors hid tae say.
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
aboot stuff. Aa these twitter doctors are deein ma heid in ??(2020)

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
s rescue, ey took him tae the doctors,
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Jonsar Eck wis sittin in the doctors surgery (He wis aye
1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
the science o medicine. Young doctors couldnae get ony cadavers tae
n made in ilka field. But the doctors war still stuck awa wi their
locals fund oot that student doctors war diggin up their kinfowk,
3 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
e proablem wi juist sayin tae doctors an judges (an academics forby
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
The doctors say they're maist desirous
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ns at the minute - but a wee doctors letter will sort it out if a (2020) twitter link
ps a hope he hus a doctors line fir saturday nicht - or (2020) twitter link
r these people and r all the doctors on strike? its been noted btw (2021) twitter link

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Thi doctors ir still lookin fir thi answe on page 89
git meh shampoo free, fae thi doctors, on page 102

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
issection on wis bein felt by doctors in ither pairts o Scotland th on page 109

1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
an Doctors dinnae hae a clue on page 12
an the doctors dinnae ken much at aa.... on page 31

2 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
lungs. It wis horrendous. The doctors hud nae idea whit wis wrang w on page 5
_isnae doin its job, and the doctors are operatin next week tae tr on page 45

2 matches

@ThonJacobite tweeted
Ah've tae attend yin o' THEIR doctors tae get a health check din af (2021) twitter link

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
tha mettér wus. Them doctors can dae wunnérs, an wir aa h on page 27

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
a doctor. I spend ma life wi doctors. I dinnae want anither doctor on page 52

1 matches

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