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The word 'punters'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
puntersOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62113
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
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 3
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 38 7 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 1
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 punters in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
ugs and t-shirts tae ignorant punters. Aal o this is just the worst
1 matches

General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Be nae toasties left fer the punters!!! https://t.co/f5tolVLLli(2018)

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
The punters cam frae aa aroond on page 27

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
(Though the punters shuffle oot, and grunt, or sq on page 34

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
efteraw it's hard-enough fur punters like masel tae even remain co on page 28
can ae the room and seein the punters quickly fill oot their bets a on page 37

2 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e wee gay folk an the primary punters that go intae Braecheid, anen on page 50

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 81 - Annie and the New Chairs, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
ey location meant that passin punters were few and faur atween. Sae
try it. Micht get a few mair punters in here. Onywey, Eddie, Ah’
2 matches

Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
using havoc amongst unknowing punters. So aye, ah deh ken nor care
1 matches

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
chin us noo. Even the regular punters that urnae here fur the purve on page 1

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Fleming, Smith and aw thae punters, on page 93

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
the Co-Op fur their messages; punters stride purposefully intae the
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
th - it’s a lifestyle. The punters go in for it in a big way. Wh
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
s tae the same affect fae the punters further intae the crowd, glue
Tables an chairs go flyin as punters rise fae their seats. Spilt a
2 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
luve wi, in front o a crood o punters, giein it laldy. Klaus, Sunny on page 75
e windae and try and get some punters tae tak tent o us." on page 130

3 matches

South West (Galloway)

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
eky Aussie chappie, keeps the punters happy, on page 107

1 matches

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