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The word 'ermine'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ermineOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.274
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 28.1 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of ermine in Corpus

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West Central

@annieones tweeted
y, away tae the lords wae her ermine on? (2021) twitter link

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
king. Cled in royal purpie an ermine, he wis setten on a throne th on page 36
spreid wi the king's fantoosh ermine goun. Syne he steyed staundin on page 37
wert, gaitherin a fauld o his ermine goun majestic-like. on page 38

3 matches

@raiphsays tweeted
See em cling tae er ermine or dream of sush... noo indy (2020)

General Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
ntheface I hope he gets a new ermine lined sheepskin jacket. Thon (2019)
ung94 I could fashion up thon ermine with a Linfield scarf and a p(2019)