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The word 'restaurant'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
restaurantOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.72817
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 23.7 2 2
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 15.3 6 2
WCE - West Central 23 5 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
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 restaurant in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
fea afore the dunce? Ere's a restaurant it the mairt at Ah funcy gaun on page 29
aroon the restaurant. "Fit's wrang?" on page 31

2 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Div ye iver ging tae a funcy restaurant an hiv a recht guid denner an(2019)

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
er the street, gaed intil the restaurant, an walked up ti the coonter, on page 42

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
m in the sky in the Atomium's restaurant. on page 13

1 matches

General Northern

Philip, George Luikin Back, (Jas Gaesham 2008 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Doric, prose
amp, for the royal mail, in a restaurant, for a law firm an in a care on page 6

1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
c of cooncil suits in a funcy restaurant Deen nowt(2016)

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
The hotel will hae a restaurant that celebrates aahin tae dae
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
hud maire dugs than a Chinese restaurant but wae Bruce it's different. on page 156
do. "Your family own that new restaurant, eh? A little taste ae India? on page 196

2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
ies warkin at whit is noo the restaurant cried The Witchery. He screiv
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
5pm for 7.30pm in the Suruchi restaurant in Edinburgh. This restaurant
in Edinburgh. This restaurant is thocht tae be the only ane
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
C. or if no available, in the restaurant on the grund flair.
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
at night time lik an Italian restaurant or somethin, Whit wid yi wear on page 112
ost Office an thir buyin this restaurant in a place called Penrith up on page 120
Aye an he's also got a restaurant tae run. Well, said Harpreet, on page 121
ma make the pakora fur their restaurant; Chris Rice an Wully McCoy ba on page 140
As an stuff, an her parents' restaurant's darin well, an her sister l on page 163

5 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
isnae onicthin like ye get in restaurant, the day. It wis tradeetional on page 56

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ded tae hae a meal in a local restaurant. Maist o’ the group decided
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
me. 'Waiters required for new restaurant in Glasgow's west end.' on page 103

1 matches

General Central

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
s in later years) the Railway Restaurant. There's few cars, and them a on page 72

2 matches

Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 59 - Auntie Aggie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
The Zoo Restaurant wis fur the genteelitie an Au on page 118

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
ar disappyntment. Try anither restaurant.(2020)

South East (Borders)

The Westender Ins and oots, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
! An oov still got an Italian restaurant and fish and chip shops forby
a Turkish takeaway, an Indian restaurant, an' oov hed Chinese for es s
2 matches

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