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The word 'skilled'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
skilledOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.11312
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
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 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of skilled in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
site o a Terminal, on Flotta skilled men toil on page 37

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
close tae hagiography: highly-skilled mechanic, an entrepreneur, a
1 matches

General Northern

Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
They wis aa skilled wurkers. Next door wis a lad
1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
es o aboot forty an saxty, an skilled warkers intae their sectors.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
s trying his best tae mimic a skilled Ventriloquist. on page 193

1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
The Mouss skilled smairtlie acorss an med fest.
ik the guid billie at he wes, skilled on stiddielik an didna fash h
2 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Skilled endeavour, bold an' true,
1 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Cubismo Part II, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
skilled draughtsman an aa
1 matches

General Central

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Skilled, an feart o nithing - on page 35

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
as pairt o the advancement o skilled wirkers as a cless. There was on page 9

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
yday' and Bell is a clever an skilled scriever, gey able tae pit th on page 87

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
scotslanguage Raymond's a gey skilled makar an ocht tae be much bet(2020)

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