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The word 'plot'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
plotOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.23934
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
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 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 4
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 3
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 2
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 16 12 10
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.7 3 2
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of plot 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

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
a bit. Poor Pete hid lost the plot on page 50

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Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
her thinks, am clean lost the plot on page 73

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
da brat, 'Na, ta sharg an ta plot wi nae judge an nae jury, dat on page 30

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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
cussed on the scenery not the plot :)(2014)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
elieve it wis me fa loast the plot," said Joyce, es they steed a on page 42

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General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
far did we loss i'plot? on page 203

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@beast_afc tweeted
spot fur SWULB. Wid ov lost e plot for at opener(2020)

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
mean ye want me tae get a wee plot oot at the cemetery an book t on page 64

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Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
God's gairden wes a bonny plot. on page 91

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
hin awa aboot the play an its plot, preferrin tae speak aboot ho
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@RyanMusselburgh the plot thickens - ffs ma pms r buzz (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ae apologise but she lost the plot an startet screamin at me tha on page 169

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
udin Halbert o Sundup. As the plot unfaulds, we laern at Jocky w on page 140

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Steele, Gregor When Scotty said “Scunner”, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
Ah dinnae mind much o the plot,
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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
t an affy lang time tryin tae plot whaur they stairtit: It disna on page 67

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Without losin thi plot or jist on page 39
ti thickin thi plot, on page 85

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Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
, inventin aw but the scatter plot. He unnerstuid that statistic
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McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
met ower a dram or twelve tae plot the death o’ Glenure. He wi
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Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ma mum seems tae huv lost the plot a bit. Grief'll make ye dae w on page 1

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
or planet's but a hert-shaped plot on page 76

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General Central

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
God's gairden wes a bonny plot. on page 91

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
ending: he wis filler fur yer plot. on page 72

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
That this haill storyline and plot on page 29

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Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
eps cawed oot, "It's a tattie plot! on page 25

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
God's gairden wis a bonny plot. on page 52

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
An wha kens the threids o the plot? on page 35

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Matheson, Ann Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
wha thocht 'a Mills and Boon plot had come to life at last'. Na on page 90

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
n daicent fowk tae deith. The plot unfaulds jist like the tickin on page 91

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@IshbelMcF tweeted
scrievit early (acause o some plot) an A'm wantin tae write aboo(2019)

@MartinBroon tweeted
n inglish slightly loosin the plot... Meanwhile, whitshisname’s(2019)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ul him back tae his allotment plot tie or the Men's She'd?(2020)

South East (Borders)

@officialAliRed tweeted
lt us her next flit wis tae a plot wi a view up the Wellogate! T(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
reids an themes rin throu the plot, the central focus is oan twa on page 87

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@StuartPoet tweeted
@GerardCarruthe2 There's a plot? Ah KENNT it ??(2020)

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
If A cud sell a biggin plot, on page 41

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Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
Tha plot tae get rïd o Jesus on page 106

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