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The word 'usa'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
usaOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus16.25217
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 325.5 2 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 30.7 12 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 1
LAL - General Central 25.4 19 6
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 140.6 10 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of usa in Corpus

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
(Andaman Islands), Comanche (USA) and Záparo (Ecuador). on page 85

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
gie him a visa tae veesit the USA – aye, him an Jude as weel,
wyes hankered eftir seein the USA!'
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South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
e business onie hairm. In the USA he micht be the failit chaill on page 125

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
e business onie hairm. In the USA he micht be the failit chaill
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General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
wsnight tries to explain that USA and UK racisms are not the sa (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 63 - The Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2003, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
itute in Washington DC in the USA is a byous and presteegious c
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
es frae the media or frae the USA or frae
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
op deed gawjuss birds fae the usa m8 - its tae b expected thou (2020) twitter link
mez this gawjuss burd fae the usa has popped in a wee follow - (2020) twitter link
sophia ma new wimmin fae the usa - shees a stoater lol (2020) twitter link
e elected as president of the usa (2020) twitter link
@MWilliamsHT usa defo number one - followed b (2021) twitter link
and 4 other occurrences.

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Guy, frae Clarence, Iowa, USA, on page 21

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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
erse-lickin approach tae the USA an Saudi Arabia is a complica on page 117

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
she is weel respectit in the USA whaur she is seen as ane o th on page 124

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Ayrshire

Wallace, Lorna A Scot’s Lament fur her American Fellows (Oan their election of a tangerine gabshite walloper)., (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2016) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Awch USA, we feel yir woes
So USA, in ma conclusion,
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General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
o 11 mission flichtit fae the USA wis the first tae set actual
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
first nuclear reactor, in the USA, listent tae the debate anent
airships’, maistly ower the USA, but twa-three wis seen ower
the Versity o Cornell in the USA. In Soothron this is cryed th
e SETI project at Ohio State, USA, received an undeemous strang
the Versity o Berkeley in the USA. In the simmer o 2013 a wheen
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McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
, but no Rooshie? Israel? The USA? These are difficult question
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Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
DC Comics creations. Gin the USA can hae Captain America, Scot
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McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
hegemony an the wey that the USA haes yaised an consolidatit i
depth o the corruption o the USA haes been laid bare wi an une
ht through the Cauld War, the USA nivver lat its ain fowk, or t
came oot. Wad the fowk o the USA no see this as proof o the ri
speech?* Haill pairts o the USA are aye in a kind o unofficia
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MacMinto, Gregor The Rhythms of Bratislava, (wordpress 2022) Central, blog
wid brither ocht at the UK or USA wis able fur. An maugre the k
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Facebook link ( 2016) Central
urned up, aw the way frae the USA. They cam special tae pay tri

@Chazzbat tweeted
ulous thit immigrants tae the USA hae nae wey tae become citize(2020)

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
cotch-Airish commonity in the USA an' the Ulster-Scots commonit on page 11
(USA). Laikewies monie public boad on page 21
rnationally especially in the USA. Thon hes mich potential fer on page 42
cotch-Airish commonity in the USA an' the Ulster-Scots on page 62
tour operators fae the USA an' Canada tae Norlin Airlan on page 63
Also on pages 64, 65, 66, 672
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