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The word 'victim'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
victimOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.12922
ORK - Orkney
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
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 23 9 6
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 3
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 4
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) 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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of victim in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
An the victim, peer breet, will be trail't on page 15

1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
assassin inching towards his victim with a knife clamped firmly b(2018)

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
AYE YOU WIS VICTIM O' THE FILM ROLL,
1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
that the ghillie had been the victim o the trap an nae the beast a
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
The victim o speerits (sae folk averred) on page 13

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
at ae folk fae here, ah wis a victim ae circumstance. Ah became ma on page 19
guess wid tell yae his latest victim wis none other than Craig. on page 72

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
that blank look, the yin the victim has when he realises Vincent on page 22

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
up-heized the awald victim, maist gentil-lik, an halped
1 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
the club tae pick their nixt victim who was gon hame in a body ba
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
The first victim was fund face doon in the Uni
iminal but an unlikely murder victim. Small time burglar Jake McAl
The second victim, an eighteen year old called
3 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
runchbull had noo reached the victim and stood lookin doon at her. on page 106

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Tammy an the Cheese Plant, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
uspecks the worst. Ah was the victim no the villain. But, o coorse
1 matches

@MizLiot tweeted
ure IÂ’ll no be the last rape victim you share it wi. (2021) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
tae lie in wait fer a passin victim or twa. Nae doot they were ho on page 105

3 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
imed the blow followed by the victim releasing the wire, clappinâ€
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
long time. Yae see, Aiko fell victim tae an unfurgivin brain tumou
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
defining him fae then on as a victim n someone who kin be bammed u on page 27

1 matches

General Central

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
speir at the victim whase daith brocht us tae yer on page 97

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
orby, poem 49 isnae the anely victim o this dingiein or dingin-doo
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
If onybody wis a victim David wis but his sufferin wi

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
eid as an inbidin or ayebidin victim or oppressor - as dingit doo
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
n Nicky like she's a helpless victim jist acause she's a sex worke(2020)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Victim o mae time an lot. on page 17

1 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
The rumour's victim micht be you!! on page 22

1 matches

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