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The word 'lawyer'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
lawyerOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.93521
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.3 6 4
WCE - West Central 23 5 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 21.4 16 9
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 lawyer 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

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
, fur I wis finally gotten da lawyer's letter dis moarnin. Dis is on page 94

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
tty Bruce hid dreamt o bein a lawyer, a doctor, a professional chi
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
"The lawyer-fowk hae bin in tae draa up m
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ssie aboot Lord Braco being a lawyer doon in Edinburgh and that he
n Edinburgh learning tae be a lawyer like his father. Mistress Gor
2 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
cannae dae that. I'm doon the lawyer the morra, first thing. Get h on page 1

3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
story, Dr Jekyll hissel, the lawyer Utterson an his cousin Enfiel
1 matches

@ricky_ballboy tweeted
cht tae be – but as a former lawyer, A’m gey aware o the power o (2020) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
Pacey aye n the greatest ever lawyer was petrochelli - never lost (2021) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ellin a midden o a motor, yer lawyer wid be a university graduate on page 93
a said. 'Can ye no get a guid lawyer and fecht it?" on page 199
Honey received a letter fae a lawyer, tellin her that the last wil on page 222

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The lawyer thinks the fairmer's better a on page 103
that wis murnin aboot bein a lawyer wull nou be the fairmer OK? on page 104

2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
e first man they robbit wis a lawyer cried Smith but aw they got a on page 105

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
sed again, Mungo Campbell the lawyer rode atween me an’ Glenure.
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
sin, Stacey. Bill Davies is a lawyer, Glasgow Uni graduate. He's a on page 37

1 matches

General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
he mainner o a Glesca defence lawyer!' on page 49
sisted Tam, 'a Glesca defence lawyer wid expect a logical answer a on page 50

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
rtit tae clap. Unless ye're a lawyer yersel, ye'll mebbe think it' on page 152

1 matches

McDermid, Val The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
So he tellt his Tapster Lawyer tae gan and see whit like the on page 60
The Tapster Lawyer went rid as bluid, then white on page 61
jist as vexed as the Tapster Lawyer when he couldnae see a single on page 62
"Aye, right," the Tapster Lawyer agreed. on page 63

6 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
r she maun hae been a defence lawyer at ae time. Laestweys, she cu on page 18

1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Aa the lawyer breeds that thrang here
1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
A tenant o Gavin Hamilton the lawyer, an fermin Mossgeil wi his br
1 matches

@iainnicol tweeted
ruthbo Yaas. You should be ma lawyer.(2020)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
@wgsaraband The lefty lawyer we loe best is ower busy reli(2020)
tTories @murdo_fraser FM is a lawyer tae trade an wider by a muckl(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
ufacturer, no a bent American lawyer.(2020)

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