Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'cigar'

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Use in varieties of Scots

cigar	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	5.8	19	6
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	2.5	1	1
WCE - West Central	59.8	13	2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	6.3	1	1
GLA - Glasgow	4.6	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 cigar 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
man wi a Rolls Silver Ghost A cigar an a fancy chauffeur on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
an hingin inte a muckle broon cigar. on page 34

2 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
angin emotion which sends his cigar droappin tae the flair. on page 184

1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
e'd get there in the end. The cigar wis essential. It wis mibbe a on page 204
n oot like sparks towards the cigar. 'Move! she whispered, and sh on page 205
ed the bedroom and lifted the cigar and pit it back on the table. on page 206
o her een, tae heeze the hale cigar richt aff the table aboot six on page 207
her room and practised wi the cigar. And soon it sterted tae come on page 208

12 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
asked. Wahey get the lassie a cigar, said Kelly Marie. She smirke on page 36

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
‘’Well, a cigar tae see in the New Year. But
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ff ae ma Mayfair like a Cuban cigar. 'Who ur yi then?' that Si as on page 42

1 matches