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The word 'elders'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
eldersOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.52415
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 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.3 6 5
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 65.5 5 1
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) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of elders in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
tree the night, an parents an elders, an ither fock at choss tae w on page 128

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
aboot Jesus, he bad e Jewish elders prigg wi him tae come an mak on page 90
muckle an be rejeckit bi the elders an e priests an e laayers, an on page 96
e laayers cam till him wi the elders. Says they, "Tell hiz, bi fa' on page 113
As seen as it wis licht the elders, e heid bummers o e Temple an on page 118

4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
a langer sermon, an efter the elders hid taen the wee velvet baggi
byordnar weel. Noo, tho, the elders war filin oot an the pews war
2 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
owre aa they did like elders micht on page 10

1 matches

(South) East Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
hae been whit they cried the 'elders' o" aw their toons. Mind ye, on page 13

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
wee bit neuk Free frae their elders' intrusions. on page 18

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
broat him up tae respect his elders and she'll be glad ae the com on page 166

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
i the Scotland o the tim. Wir elders cryed it “neiger maisik”,
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
its high time u respected ur elders lol (2021) twitter link

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
n courtesy an respect for yer elders in this country ah put it doo
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
an back on a Sunday. The twa elders sittin wi the meenister - an on page 40
The twa elders boued their heids in shame at on page 41
ts had said they cuid only be elders gin the meenister preached ac on page 52

5 matches

General Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Pushed by the elders tae mak a confession, on page 16

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
s the ephemeral slang o their elders. on page 9

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ther wis ane o the Snoot Kirk Elders. Gey
1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
lea aside tha oul wyes o oor elders? The' dïnnae even waash thai on page 9

1 matches

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