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The word 'max'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
maxOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus103216
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 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 57.6 13 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 16.3 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 max in Corpus

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
id bi a anonymous student tae Max Weinreich in his coorse Probl on page 12

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Shepherd, Robbie Harknin tae the braw souns, (John Benjamin 2000) Doric, newspaper
he-Wa pub in Dumfries, run bi Max Houliston, fa's brither, Bill
Max's idea wis tae gie buddin mus
thoot the platform set oot bi Max Houliston, ye winna hae the d
3 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Max an Bunty will be there on page 133
MAX WALL'S SILLER HEMMER on page 182

12 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
is funciful. Cove get fit 600 max in an awful stadium wi nae at (2022) twitter link

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
hat can be gotten direck frae Max Cruikshank at:-
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
that - wind them up tae the max n rip the michael lol (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
gied me the rest ae his Pepsi Max that he wis drinkin cause ah on page 160

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Saw Max Clifford's Polygraph Meter, G on page 48

1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
the wan whae talks aboot devo max and devo this an that. It aâ€
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
As Mini, Max or Midi,
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
racky on n never git Nike Air Max trainers aff his feet. He's a on page 7
ckin clappers. This isnae Mad Max. They aw shite themselves n s on page 60

2 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
- some mad, obscure Nike Air Max he’s adamant ye cannae get
1 matches

General Central

@jax6754 tweeted
MaxGeorge No valantine fir me Max! But then I'm just a happy si(2016)

@Chazzbat tweeted
that why he's tryin tae keep Max quiet? Oh! He stole the stent(2020)
Max hus the measure o Cameron. He(2020)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
d been repealed. IT carried a max sentence of death ?? Those wh (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
ervin roon the corner lik Mad Max is et the wheel, it pulls up
1 matches

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