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The word 'varsity'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
varsityOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.4148
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 71.1 6 2
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of varsity in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
oric Translation - Aiberdeen Varsity Elphinstone Institute)
vironment Scotland; Aiberdeen Varsity's Elphinstone Institute; Robe
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
on a bursary tae the Queen's 'varsity tae study Fine Airts an Scott
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
Ah'm deein philosophy at e Varsity an ye'll see fit wye Ah dinna on page 35

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
auldest an maist prestigious varsity, establisht in the late 1500s on page 7

4 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
s. He wis affa good lookin, a Varsity Blue, President o the Debater
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
as they mak their wie ower i'varsity on page 194

2 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - A keik at the Swedish game o bandy, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ch fae ma student days at the varsity. A thoucht aboot bandy an shi
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
@JohnPMCooke Yoons nae varsity I reckon(2020)

General Central

Eagle, Andy Lallans 71 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
e been uised for schuilin, an varsity lecturs frae the likes o Yale
1 matches

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