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The word 'interview'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
interviewOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus17.55636
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 325.5 2 1
ABN - Aberdeen 23.7 2 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 25.6 10 6
WCE - West Central 23 5 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 21.7 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 28.1 21 13
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of interview in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
They caa'd me in fur interview - a formality, I guess. on page 69

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
etion – as thay wad i a job interview. A leid haes mony dialects te
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Da Interview on page 57
feel da tension in him as da interview gude on. on page 58

2 matches

Watt, Valerie Froggy smoorikins, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
naethin idder. So I tocht an interview wi a frog wid be a decent sco
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
dy lookit. In fack...Ah've an interview lined-up fir the morn's aifte on page 87

2 matches

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 63 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
cottish Writers Talking 2: In Interview, edited by Isobel Murray, Tuc
of the authors’. The first interview, wi Naomi Mitchison, wis in 1
2 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia North East filmmakker feart for the futur o Doric, (Doric Future 2019) Doric, blog
he hasnae quite completit the interview process yet, but howps tae ge
In an exclusive interview wi the Scots Language News, J
2 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
Later, at his interview wi Mr Damien Meerschaum o the
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
tair Jack bumbling through an interview nae used to being questions o(2020)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
Back in the interview room, she apologised, sat doo on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
question in a fithteen minute interview at the careers office. And by on page 89
e BBC should be here soon tae interview some ae us" ah remind him. on page 111
e oor manager's position. Yur interview is oan blah, blah, blah, suck on page 135

3 matches

Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
first spake tae her at a job interview at the Damascus Drum, a gallu
1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
r day when we were watchin an interview wi the dancehall artist Eleph
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ettlin tae record a wireless interview wi Phil that he believes will
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
unday - good tae see the wee interview tom! (2021) twitter link
es through on the park - the interview wae brendan was just top draw (2021) twitter link
x for the wee recording of an interview sent 2 nite - u no who u r - (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
an he got asked tae go fur an interview. Ah've got a right good feeli on page 54
cause ah've read every single interview he's ever did in Starmix maga on page 169

4 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
A wis a’ dolled up fur an interview An’ fun masel’ in a bit o
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Billy McNeill once said in an interview, “If we wanted a rest in a
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ckin guys. When ah wis at the interview, the boss cunt wis like that, on page 59
expectin me tae swear in mah interview. on page 60

2 matches

McCrory, Pat Lallans 56 - The Tale ae a Worm, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
"Get Jimmy MacGregor fur the interview." on page 114

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
the distinct impression this interview’s no gaun in ma favour.
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
when oor reporter arrived tae interview the lucky young lassie - cam on page 36

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
yesterday. Ah'd a final-stage interview fur a summer job at Disney. A on page 34
cess began wi a face-tae-face interview wi a representative in Glasgo on page 35

3 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
ind aince in Logan stertin an interview wi an auld fella that haed be on page 7

2 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
re resident at the time o the interview (Murdoch and Gordon, 1995). I on page 9

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
As Russell Hunter said in an interview wi Jennie Renton, in Textuali
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
defiant Kezia Dugdale gied an interview on television. It wis haird t
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
are in a new state while ilka interview is airtificially forced tae d
1 matches

Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
een prood o his langage. In a interview gien tae the Press Associe, B
1 matches

@jack_capener tweeted
te. According to the original interview, she rolled up her sleeve and(2018)

@jax6754 tweeted
agazine @JHill_Official Fabby interview, and kicked ma butt intae gea(2015)
e you back Hope you hae a fab interview. Hugggggggssss fae Scotland. (2016)

@MartinBroon tweeted
, but according tae @jranks11 interview wae “the press”,and whit ye(2019)
FC Whit kin A say.. Tap! Tap! Interview, cards oan the table. Any @Cl(2020)

@weenell3 tweeted
ng mair importantly when's my interview back on the team ?? (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
a Morrison o @scotsradiomedia interview James George Addison o Cullen (2020) twitter link
Braw interview wi @Historic_Ally fae 33 meen (2019) twitter link
.whit?’ Read Matthew Fitt’s interview wi @scottishbktrust here: htt (2018) twitter link

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
She'll hae tae gie the neist interview in Ulster Scots - thon daft (2015) twitter link