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The word 'helpers'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
helpersOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.7128
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
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 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of helpers in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ns ?? Well done Jan, Pete and helpers! X(2020)
hanks tae my spineless peerie helpers ?????? https://t.co/Hyyh89wjO(2016)

Aberdeen

Leslie, Dawn Press and Journal 2023-12-02 - Doric Corner, (no publisher recorded 2023) Doric, newspaper
ortnicht. Proper Suntie's wee helpers (richt at the tap o his 'nice
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
helpers said he wid big the larry. As
g the larry. As Jonsar an the helpers took the stuff
2 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
d Jonsar Eck an the ither twa helpers gasped. "Oh nae Big Betsy". O
1 matches

West Central

Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
on at the SCCC an his squad o helpers fae across the country, wha w
1 matches

Glasgow

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
protect an respect me. Ma wee helpers. Fine human beings. People wi
1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
'Nae helpers, mind, seys Odin. on page 14

2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
doctor an hes white-jaiketed helpers binnert alang the laundin an on page 18

1 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
. Can ye guess whit nixt? Twa helpers grab haud o the airm and lite

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