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The word 'cove'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
coveOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.8229
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 57.6 13 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 cove in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@FaeFoggie tweeted
e times a day roon i cliffs o Cove near Aiberdeen. He's noo aff (2019)
981 Michty loon. Far aboot in Cove are ye? I've family ower at w(2020)
nnysc89883981 My femily roond cove Wye hiv a collie. Bonnie wee (2020)

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
nae supporting a fitba team. Cove have done well enticing the c (2022) twitter link
ives. The novelty aroon the ‘Cove fairytale’ may yet end in te (2022) twitter link
As I said, and fit aboot fan Cove reach a ceiling, start losing (2022) twitter link
league cup final win? 40 000? Cove will never draw significant s (2022) twitter link
ing that’s interesting aboot Cove is how they’ve managed tae e (2022) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Cove, Stoney, Portlethen, Kingswel(2018)

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
t in a cauld grene lowe lik a cove aneith the sie. The air wes w on page 2

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Tae a daurklins cove, dernt deep in the glen on page 46

1 matches

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
in a gowden cove. on page 16

1 matches

Bramwell, Colin Eemis Stane 1 - Jist appenin the winnock’s no eneuch, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Thair's the ilk o us, a cove. on page 16

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Burns, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
tae anzac cove on page 63

1 matches

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