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The word 'iain'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
iainOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus13.14218
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 488.3 3 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 17.9 7 2
WCE - West Central 50.6 11 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 43.9 7 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 14.7 11 9
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 iain 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.

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
e a tarred road. The halflin, Iain wis a glekit vratch, bit herm
1 matches

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 63 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
the five writers interviewed: Iain Banks, Bernard Maclaverty, Na
Maclaverty, Naomi Mitchison, Iain Crichton Smith and Alan Spenc
s whiles, as ye micht expeck. Iain Crichton Smith comes up wi an
3 matches

General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
“Tak a leuk, Iain. It’s yon hird o gaits.”
1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
nt oan. 'Your two, ma Duncan, Iain McGuire an Andrew Donald. on page 1

2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
The Crow Road - Iain Banks
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
o comic moments, particlar in Iain Fraser's music ha wey o playi
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
's New Kilt bi Andy Cannon an Iain Johnstone is tourin frae 12 A
nerally 'daes' for the Laird (Iain Johnstone), an haed lines the
reinge o words in the sangs o Iain Johnstone reaches a Gilbert a
3 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
end. Ah said tae her, Why wid Iain send you a Valentine's carg C on page 110
her back. Her ma's boyfriend, Iain, he's here anaw an it's a pur on page 148
it ae pineapple but her ma an Iain didnae notice cause they wur on page 149
v always said aboot yir ma an Iain an the way they carry on ah'm on page 169

9 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
Iain McGregor's 'The Nakit Weemen' on page 5

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
tudio maun be his coonterin o Iain Hamilton’s threip at ‘Lal
1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
Iain Forde's Notts Februar 2001 on page 10
Ye ken at Iain Forde didna wryte thur lings. on page 11

2 matches

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
e last in the series is aboot Iain Fleming, Ma's husband. I used
Dalnoid. "How are you daein', Iain?" "Ok I'm jist daein' awa' an
tual o' sayin' "God bless you Iain an' Ma" whenever I cross the
Iain
"Ma an' Iain God bless ye baith."
5 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
Iain Crichton Smith on page 16

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
faur mair broken up bi 2020. Iain Docherty, in blethers around on page 110

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 58 - Gairm review, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
i NicGumaraid an the umquhile Iain Mac a' Ghobhainn kythin alang on page 126

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
leep nae bather. But haud on! Iain Martin, the main character, f on page 91

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 59 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, newspaper
s, an in this issue we follae Iain Forde faurer in his cartoon s
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
wa-thrie surprisin victories (Iain Gray haudin Aist Lothian, an
leaders – Wendy Alexander, Iain Gray, Johann Lamont, Jim Murp
2 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
@reynoldsiain Hi Iain.. We're oan a slope here, so (2022) twitter link

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
you know the Murdo stories by Iain Crichton Smith? They are hila(2019)

@LairnScots tweeted
Mackay Brown, Anne Donovan an Iain Crichton Smith: https://t.co/ (2018) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@cammyrudkin tweeted
e please congradulate ma pal iain huggan for passin his driven (2012)