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The word 'mcgregor'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
mcgregorOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12614
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 32.6 6 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 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 mcgregor 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

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
p wir myns afore lang." Joyce McGregor sut oan the settee flickin th on page 38
holiday neest ear, an Morrice McGregor's heedin fir the sin. on page 47

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
int te ging ere fir?" Morrice McGregor gied a lang, draan-oot sigh a on page 6

1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
On his McGregor kilt on page 159

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
ually the hideyhole o anither McGregor cateran aathegither, a chiel on page 51

1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
ngersFC Apart fae McCoist and McGregor who did choose to walk away.(2020)
@AberdeenFC Foo is McGregor still on efter that ana(2020)

@cligeey tweeted
MCGREGOR should be aff(2020)

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
st. 8.Billy Connolly. 9. Ewan McGregor. 10. Rob Roy. On bein speirt
1 matches

West Central

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

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
hristie, Jim Cairns an Wullie McGregor, were aw soakit thru an gey c on page 41
o sips o water, poor Waullie McGregor, driven daft wi hunger, thirs on page 42

4 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
llowed Robin Hall an’ Jimmy McGregor, A won’ir hoo mony folk min
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
s where ah’ve tae meet this McGregor cunt who’s gonae show me wh
it?’ he sais, the name Joe McGregor inked oan tae his fluorescent
his pun ay flesh oot ye, this McGregor. Nae danger.
3 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
sition here; a gentleman, Mr. McGregor looking for a labourer/assist
ct if I go ahead and give Mr. McGregor a phone, on your behalf, to e
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
there as Daniel recounts Joe McGregor’s words efter Joyce Adams
1 matches

General Central

McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
nor whedder it’s Gordon or McGregor that stairts in goals. As awb
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
in an American accent - Ewen McGregor, Dougray Scott, Gerard Butler(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
g Blood of the Clans (Rob Roy McGregor). Cannae staun yon Neil Olive(2020)

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
McGregor they say, an wad ye ken it, on page 58

1 matches

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