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The word 'patent'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
patentOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.23912
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 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 3
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 351.4 25 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of patent 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.

Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Thigh high boots in patent red on page 98

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Or a boxie o patent pooders on page 15

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
e play in clean fite socks an patent leather sheen – nae bumshay
1 matches

General Northern

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 58 - The Bothy Loon, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
he gaed me a len o his black patent sheen. on page 124

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ieve the middle classes own a patent fur a wee hing cawed 'imagina on page 47

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 70 - Hame-combin, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
‘Puittin doun patent puzhion, tho easier
1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
ur vaticinautiouns, the trew, patent daunger wes levit out. Lik Ch on page 5

1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Patent Observation on page 117

1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
fore ither fowk, ye tak oot a patent on't, as it is yours. Lykewis on page 48

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
in Scotland. Sae its ettle is patent as a haundy help tae students on page 130

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
Bi the dowp-en o 1996 it wes patent that the lyne o the heich hei on page 121

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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
ation an in parteeclar mak it patent throu scuils an ither centres
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Horsbroch, Dauvit The Embra Greement, (Scots Language Centre 2012) Central, government
patent. For ordnar, intresstit pairt
1 matches

General Ulster

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
tes, uise o Ulstèr-Scotch an patent fennin. Forbye, it taks tent on page 1
Patent Fennin on page 4
akgaein Leids haes graithed a Patent fur fynnin oot tha fushion o on page 17
mair patent wittin an kennin o tha Ulstè on page 21
Patent fennin on page 23
Also on pages 34, 37, 42, 46, 47, 51, 52, 58
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