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The word 'esp'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
espOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.1107
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
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 esp in Corpus

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General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
performance o the new players esp Stewart, Roos , Coulson and R (2022) twitter link

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
laddie dived like that noo - esp if he landed on the tap o me (2020) twitter link
ed by your comments lately - esp about ur 2 best supporters of (2020) twitter link
t the east lothian courses - esp if theres fitbaw players that (2021) twitter link
whae goes around comes around esp awe the erse lickers in the s (2021) twitter link

General Central

@jax6754 tweeted
, honesty & postin on youtube esp as #Periscope isnae available(2015)

@fairpechtoot tweeted
Cannae wait tae yaise thaim, esp the Thrawn Janet n Wanderin W(2016)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
ps our struggle centre-stage, esp internationally counts. (2022) twitter link

@Sinethugcat tweeted
news whilst driving anymore! Esp nowt tae dae with Scotgov... (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
ma abilities and experiences esp huvin livin’ in NI. a feel t (2021) twitter link