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The word 'moray'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
morayOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.93524
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 29.4 9 5
MNB - Mid Northern B 131 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 39.9 9 6
NEC - North East Central 92.7 2 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.4 10 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 moray in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
Scotland – fae Gallowaa tae Moray tae Caithness – in pieces w
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
Banffshire, Kincardineshire, Moray), Scots is kent as Doric an w
1 matches

McArthur, Kaydi Rich n Peer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
maerkets in Aberdeenshire and Moray. Bit, ae day in Keith, James
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
wiz a squall comin in aff the Moray Firth so he turned an winched
on at Tarlair an oot ower the Moray Firth. She’d wintit tae gya
z beginnin tae lower ower the Moray Firth but the beauty that use
the very beauty o her beloved Moray Firth.
4 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
uchter #doric #aberdeenshire #moray(2019)
ric #Aberdeen #aberdeenshire #moray https://t.co/gZnQRDuu7V(2020)

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Mair exotic yet...Banff on e Moray Riviera!..but it wis heard in (2020) twitter link

Mid Northern B

@McGoo1888 tweeted
the world...you go along the Moray coast and the accents change (2021) twitter link

Aberdeen

Philp, George Lallans 67 - Thochts anent Sangschaw and Penny Wheep, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
Moray MacLaren's The Wisdom of the on page 138

1 matches

General Northern

TheChielMeister Oatcakes 'n' Cheese, (youtube.com 2009) Doric, poetry
Git ma milk roon' tae Moray Estates
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
@eddyhow @OwenJones84 Moray coast - mair sunshine than m (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
Smuggled this oot o Moray and the pies https://t.co/HAA(2020)

@Franwella tweeted
Am nae at a amused at moray cooncil....grrrrrr(2011)
Hale impressed we Moray Cooncil. Reported burst radia(2011)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
The Jewel o Moray! Signed says twinned we some (2017)

@glenlivetloon tweeted
Towards the Braes #glenlivet #moray @ Glenlivet Estate http://t.c(2014)
ds over the Braes #glenlivet #moray http://t.co/J4OBgeAoqx(2014)
ig o'er the Livet #glenlivet #moray http://t.co/ipvPmvfCOx(2014)

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
uckle fort at Burgheid on the Moray coast wis biggit, wi ramparts
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
an Patrick Sellar, hailin fae Moray, didnae ken that leid. Sae as
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ourin amang the hinterlands o Moray an Buchan fer a week or twa, on page 102

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
College than she ivir did at Moray Hoose! A used tae hae tae tel
1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
ithness, Southerlaun, Ross an Moray. on page 14

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
n performed them at oor byous Moray Music Fest - but finnin Scot on page 58

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
Scotland; Moray House, University o Edinburgh
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
e neck o laun) at Burgheid in Moray has complex defences, whit in
bull, Pechtish, fae Burgheid, Moray (National Museums Scotland)
2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Deid huddies an the Moray Eel, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ative Member o Parliamint fir Moray was gien the boak owre his We
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
eidit bi Jeems Stewart erle o Moray led a rising agin his hauf-si
a been Agnes Keith coontess o Moray (dee’d 1588), the weeda o t
irkcaldy tellt the coontess o Moray that he wis feart that the ki
3 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
t'... bar the 45.3% o folk in Moray that speak #Scots https://t.c (2020) twitter link

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