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The word 'mp'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
mpOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.12920
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 22.7 17 10
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 mp in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
the papers - even the local MP shoved in his tuppence wirth, on page 84

1 matches

General Northern

@beast_afc tweeted
SAZAMBONINI Fit aboot yer own MP?(2020)

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
ost relatable thing Donald Tr*mp has ever done... https://t.co(2020)

@Franwella tweeted
Hope cooncilors, MSPÂ’s, MPÂ’s, papers n onybÂ’dy pittinÂ(2020)

(South) East Central

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
Oor MP in the Kilmaurnock area throu
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
did exist an serred as an MP in 1583 an haed twa tairms as
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
poleetical mak up o Scottish MP's thon year wis, Liberals (52
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
- are you a councillor or an mp - n what makes you qualified (2020) twitter link

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
Preses, Alex Salmond, MP). This document haes been owe on page 8

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
he office o a Scottish Labour MP. His name? George on page 108

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
orge Dempster o Dunnichen, an MP, an a Radical ane at that. Li on page 121

1 matches

Glasgow

Durie, Nick Votin Seestems, (peffers50.freeserve 2003) Central - Glasgow, prose
nie fowk disna lik gaun til a MP that disna haud the saemin po
1 matches

General Central

Thoumire, Elizabeth Deid huddies an the Moray Eel, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ransition period. Colin Clark MP for Gordon wis askit that ver
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit The Embra Greement, (Scots Language Centre 2012) Central, government
The Richt Hon. David Cameron MP The Richt Hon. Alex Salmond M
The Richt Hon. Michael Moore MP The Richt Hon. Nicola Sturgeo
2 matches

McClurg, Fernando Thon Survation poll..., (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
dae better whaur they hae an MP, an tyne deposits ithergates
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
phy is a kent Blairite. As an MP he aye votit in favour o Blai
1 matches

Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
site is warth quotin in full; MP Leas Memmers Raivelt (April 3
ess this week is that a Scots MP’s hamelt leid is leain Soot
airlament raivelt. Alan Brown MP, that wis electit as the SNP
epresent. Guid oan Alan Brown MP!
4 matches

@iainnicol tweeted
@DavidMundellDCT Ye're a Tory MP. You dinna gie a rat's erse a(2020)

@RickHJohnston tweeted
has 85% of UK population and MP's. What England wants and vot (2022) twitter link
Or as DOUGIE ROSS MP MSP would say CAN'T BE A DOOR (2022) twitter link

@DABArbuckle tweeted
@Douglas4Moray Oor SNP MP Neil Gray got oor 'parking ch(2020)
Ye'll never see MP Christopher Clarkson and come(2020)
@MhairiHunter A Labour MP has tae say something. Onythi(2020)

@LairnScots tweeted
their oath in Scots. An Scots MP's yaise it at Westminster tae (2020) twitter link

@Sinethugcat tweeted
ry tae think she's an elected MP. (2021) twitter link

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