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The word 'celebrity'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
celebrityOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.51811
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 26.2 8 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
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 celebrity in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ody kent's. Mac wis a bit o a celebrity, adored bi young an aul alike on page 17

1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Fit!!! Wifies in the celebrity big breether hoosie first - f(2017)
e dour Kiosk Keith on Ah’m a Celebrity Get Me Oot i' Here ah think a(2017)
es fur weemen bit is a secret Celebrity Big Breether tribute tae Hugh(2018)
oons, fa else saw the tuck in Celebrity Big Breether an then gid it a(2018)
Listerine product placements Celebrity Big Breether, ah’ve already (2018)
and 2 other occurrences.

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
can hiv their five minutes o celebrity. on page 23

1 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
Yes, they resented the celebrity the beast hid made o Erchie,
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
need tae git sum unsuspectin celebrity tae wear then shoot thum oan on page 18

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 70 - Hame-combin, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
‘ony chaep sort o moneyed celebrity.’
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
figure oot if big gemsy is a celebrity lol (2021) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Snob Mob. We call Linsey the Celebrity cause her ma gies her a lift on page 169

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
mmed up tae further their own celebrity, in absence ae the tap men. A on page 27
n aboot among the young team, celebrity noo - a rising star. Patrici on page 29

2 matches

General Central

Robson, Frances Lallans 85 - What Kind Of Scots?, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
Is it celebrity endorsed? on page 9

1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
htay7 Hae a guess why he's a 'celebrity TV doctor?' Quack quack ????(2020)

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