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The word 'dates'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
datesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.73824
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 31.3 5 2
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 22.6 17 8
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 dates 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.

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Fae the dates hid wid seem that Davie wis w on page 39

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
da jury an wrot doon aa tree dates apo der slates, an dan addit on page 112

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
eagerly wrote doon all three dates on their slates, an then adde on page 107

1 matches

Mid Northern A

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
n patches on gravesteens, get dates, mak graph. 4cm every 100 yrs (2021) twitter link

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
er, 1527 an 1538 bein the key dates. An it aa traces its origin t on page 56

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(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
've even hud a couple ae play dates wae that lassie Chrisitna and on page 156

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ody. The Calendar gies ye the dates, venues, contact names, addre
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
te the openin on the follaein dates:- 5, 12 and 26 Julie an 9, 16
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West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
rite o ‘Januar Frost’, at dates frae 1946 (actuallie, it is a
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
them that'll tell ye that the dates on the Castle show it wisnae on page 119

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Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
war juist starin at a table o dates an nummers. Playfair trewed t
text, something that a list o dates an events wadna affuird.
2 matches

Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
languages at widely different dates and often in strikingly diffe
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
t while speirin an scrievin. (Dates is whiles approximate.)
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grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
eve that after goan oan three dates wi’ Lorna, she decides she
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
y eagerly wrote doon aw three dates oan their slates, then addit on page 109

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
nae langer blush unseen, Wi 'dates' and 'discs' it's ill to glea on page 7

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Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
lt tae screive doun the three dates on their sclates, toted thaim on page 44

1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Wi 'dates' and 'discs' it's ill to glea on page 31

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Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
Twa Scunnersome dates on page 1
Tiramisu. The last twa-three dates on page 2

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Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
turs. Then she gave us aa the dates o the battles an aboot Bonnie on page 120

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
tae tak a glisk o the names, dates and wark o collectors that we on page 69

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Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
forby, it has e’en gied us dates fur these ferlie stanes. Takk
1 matches

Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
literature of both languages dates back hundreds of years” in
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
It's a wee kirk, dates frae the 17C an weel kept up.

@jax6754 tweeted
........WHUR ARE THE SCOTTISH DATES PLEASE! xxx(2014)
Richt! Whur are yiur Scottish dates? Pleasssssssssssssssssseeeeee(2014)
you? WHERE ARE YOUR SCOTTISH DATES! xxx(2014)
As a didnae see any Scottish dates doea that mean yir coming tae(2015)
Tues morning re yir available dates! Hae a fabby weekend aheid X(2015)
and 3 other occurrences.

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
y eagerly wrote doon aw threi dates oan their slates, an then add on page 110

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South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
said, if ye thocht aboot the dates + ye'd put a wee skelf o a la on page 77

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Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
gerly scrieved doon aal three dates on thir slates, an thin addet on page 111

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