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The word 'claus'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
clausOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.2177
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 26.2 8 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.7 5 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 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 claus 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

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Mind geets aifter Sunti Claus has corrie fister a big pile (2014)
hments are available an sunti claus ah'll be aire tae gie oot a p(2017)
Sunti Claus scud buckle box wi aifter eic(2017)
hine tae early tae see Sunti Claus at the Pairty! Twit Twa! http(2018)
oons an quines! Fit did Sunti Claus leave ye in yer stocking? htt(2018)
and 3 other occurrences.

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
're telt tae be gid and Santa Claus will bring us loatsae present on page 18
ke it. In the end, fuck Santa Claus. on page 19
d who still believed in Santa Claus. Ah soon decided that sittin on page 189

4 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
somethin like Santa Claus, bit bigger.
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
the livin room watchin Santa Claus the shitey movie. on page 39

1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
. ‘Who set it oan ye? Santa Claus?’ The table erupts again in
1 matches

General Central

Annand, J. K. Lallans 75 - Yule, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, weans
To see what ferlies Santa Claus
1 matches

@ThonJacobite tweeted
Fair enjoyed bein Santie Claus at the village toddler groups(2020)

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