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The word 'santa'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
santaOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus196124
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 1
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 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 53.7 21 3
WCE - West Central 32.2 7 2
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 25.1 4 2
GLA - Glasgow 27.1 5 3
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 12 9 7
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 125.5 4 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 88.3 1 1
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 santa in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Her hoose is like Santa's grotto on page 53
There's no sic a body as Santa. Hid me fantasies taen some f on page 82

2 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
to guard the secret of where Santa’s village is.”
the most secret department of Santa’s village,” declared Pepp
Wunorse Openslae, designer of Santa’s sleigh and reindeer keepe
3 matches

General Northern

@cligeey tweeted
@Iamacant @RogueCoder250 Santa spreading hoose to hoose bide(2020)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
ySTV Wid be better if it wiz "Santa's a Scotsman" by the Scottish(2019)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
rns we're telt tae be gid and Santa Claus will bring us loatsae p on page 18
ver make it. In the end, fuck Santa Claus. on page 19
he did kick the shite oot ae Santa last year, eh?" on page 97
rid she could probably guide Santa's sleigh this year. The hale on page 124
ar auld who still believed in Santa Claus. Ah soon decided that s on page 189

10 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Fair frantic wis Santa. "Och, whit can A dae
"A moose!" shouted Santa, "an whit use is that?
"Guid save us!" cried Santa, "Hoo big are yer rats?
"Noo hearken tae Santa," said Prancer. "He says he's
gin Santa will promise us extras o lich
6 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
n brian - youd make a luvely santa xx (2020) twitter link
leman that wood b the perfect santa wood b tom thornton - laddie (2020) twitter link
ways got the hump - chilloot santa is oan his way lol (2020) twitter link
@Brian_Pacey @RyanMusselburgh santa is a lovely guy (2020) twitter link
a cadburys selection box fae santa n rudolph gees ee a dose oh t (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
n's in the livin room watchin Santa Claus the shitey movie. on page 39
oo, ah said, A new letter tae Santa, she said, Ah forgot tae ask on page 40
cause ah thought ah might see Santa's reindeer. Ah've got her wel on page 169

6 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
If Santa squeezes doon ma lum
1 matches

Dundee

Robertson, Gary A Wee Dundee Xmas Poem, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
rns start gittin excited, but Santa's naewahr tih be seen
But hud on, hold it, how diz Santa git in yir hoose?
2 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
tt wis ma draw fir the Secret Santa, whit tae buy? Nae problem, P
always used tae dae a Secret Santa at Christmas (A nivir underst
uits that A chose that year's Santa pressie. Callum had taen the
3 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
hud less chance ae dyin than Santa. There’s nae denyin that ah
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
demise. Yi wid come back fae Santa Ponsa n he'd huv stuck a deep on page 7

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
windae, wearin a blue Santa hat wi a wee bell on the end on page 1

3 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
nished. ‘Who set it oan ye? Santa Claus?’ The table erupts ag
1 matches

Ayrshire

McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
sivin fit tall and as roon as Santa Clause, the pie eater. Their
1 matches

General Central

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
a big kiss or Christmas when Santa came. Y wis for Yule Log, tha on page 120

1 matches

Annand, J. K. Lallans 75 - Yule, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, weans
To see what ferlies Santa Claus
1 matches

@FaetheRye tweeted
tae be! Ther wis ay wan in ma Santa stocking?? (2022) twitter link

@g_hibby tweeted
lovely time for ye all.. And Santa is good tae ye.. ?? (2022) twitter link
ly have a lovely time... Hope Santa's guid tae ye?... :) (2022) twitter link

@IshbelMcF tweeted
ocht, A'all no get it in case Santa his seen it an aw...(2016)
Dear Santa, Aw A’m wantin fir Yule is H(2017)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
want tae play next Christmas, Santa Never Buys Me A Banjo. Meanwh(2020)

@raiphsays tweeted
@DeMcbot *rites note tae santa*(2020)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Reynolds, Charlie Krisamas time is draa’in near, (Ullans Speakers Association 2011) Ulster - Coleraine, prose
they think they need frae oul Santa.
a wean maesel, an thocht oul Santa wus jest able tae work magic.
t time becaase aff coorse aul Santa mann bae pyed.
gh at tha minute, A think oul Santa wull hae a gie licht load roo
4 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Thut Santa wuld skit ir theim, on page 18

1 matches

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