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The word 'statue'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
statueOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus103221
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 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 23.7 2 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 23 9 3
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 3
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 28.1 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of statue in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
ess. It was sittan still as a statue, its eyes fixed unblinkanly o
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ft o their pew, wis the steen statue o a bishop, lyin on his back,
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
The constable stood like a statue lookin at Mabel. “Go on min
1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
sity biggin is a bronze globe statue caad the 'Sphere Within Spher on page 7
ally, in the early 1600s, the statue o the wee lad was uised tae d on page 13

2 matches

General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ddenAberdeen maybe stick up a statue while yer at with them wearin(2016)

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - Joco Geordie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
aias lik the Robert Fergusson Statue. Gordon Wright, a fere o bait on page 10

3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
The Handsellin o Sir Jimmy's Statue bi oor Stravaigin Reporter
[NOTE: image here of the statue in original]
dsellin o the £40,000 bronze statue o Sir Jimmy Shand, sculpted b
the model uised for makin the statue) It staunds on the plinth com
4 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
aed its inside re-biggit, the statue wis gien tae the Sikorsky Mus
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
r that stands like a gormless statue oan the touchline - gee eers (2020) twitter link

West Central

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
staunin ablo the statue the Doonhamers bigest on page 144

1 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
here wis this huge big golden statue, like a Buddha or somehing, a
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
el commemoratit by the bonnie statue in the High Street an likely on page 80

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
A solid tragic statue,
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ae hospital corridors lik the statue o a goddess surroondit be wor
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Anither statue, haly muild on page 32

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
A statue ay Queen Victoria, sittin oan
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
e. Wan o them hus a beautiful statue o the Virgin Mary oan it and on page 112
far side o ma bed next tae ma statue o Saint Anthony. When ah reac on page 118
corner o ma eye, ah swatch ma statue o Saint Jude. The patron sain on page 119

4 matches

McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ricae’s myths. Liberty (the statue is ane the wurld’s best-ken
1 matches

@fairpechtoot tweeted
h' :-) The 'Oor Wai o Spikin' statue fae last year's bucket trail (2017)

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
lik a stane statue on page 9

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
y got her richtfu mindin an a statue doon in Lahndan? Same as noo.(2020)

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
amang thaim ir the statue o' Robert Burns oan display t on page 51

2 matches

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