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The word 'lawyers'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
lawyersOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62115
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 53.1 5 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.7 8 7
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 lawyers 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
ould haud his ane wi doctors, lawyers an the like, speecially wi a
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
owk or heicher – diplomats, lawyers, doctors an scientists. Fyles
1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
An advocates an lawyers aa on page 10

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
accoont, thereby dismissed by lawyers as the talk o the whisky, lef on page 118

1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
The pair didnae hae ony lawyers, an Sellar didnae get the jyl
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Sae judges an lawyers taen us tae task. on page 64

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
The airms companies are like lawyers: the langer they cin keep ye on page 54
Government. But the lairdie's lawyers fund a wey roon it. They were on page 84
bra are fu o admeenistrators, lawyers, accoontants an ither managem on page 85

4 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ch. Sae when a couple o local lawyers, Mr Sterling an his buddy Mr on page 26

1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
rs like yer burstin heids, as lawyers say on page 61

1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
money; corporate executives, lawyers, insurance brokers, accountan
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ead. Thon's wan o the reasons lawyers get peyed loads o dosh. The m on page 84
let are thinkin aboot becomin lawyers when we're aulder, sae we're on page 85

2 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
I went tae the lawyers: MacClutchie, Swick and Chanc on page 123

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 81 - Chynge for chynge’s sake?, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
rievit by kings an coortiers, lawyers an meenisters, poets an onybo
1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
lawyers thrang, a sleekit, cliquey,
1 matches

@iainnicol tweeted
office It isna the “activist lawyers” that’s the baddies here.(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ng hatred towards 'do gooder' lawyers and immigrants.(2020)

@ThonJacobite tweeted
lity now'. He has 'instructed lawyers'. 'Somebody must be held acco(2021)

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