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The word 'dickens'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dickensOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4136
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 36.8 8 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 dickens in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
innie read frae it, Scott, an Dickens, an Shakespeare an the like,
1 matches

General Northern

Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Leaves, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
crinklet amon the pages o her Dickens wi the First Prize label insi on page 23

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
tae inspire the nixt Charles Dickens. on page 21

1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
s,' Matilda read, 'by Charles Dickens. Ah'd luve tae try it.' on page 9
said tae Mrs Phelps. 'Has Mr Dickens scrieved ony mair?' on page 10
Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens on page 11
only they wid read a wee bit Dickens or Kipling they wid soon disc on page 22
'Ah'm richt keen on Charles Dickens,' Matilda said. 'He maks me l on page 75
Also on pages 90, 149
8 matches

General Central

@ThonJacobite tweeted
Jings, yon Charlie Dickens must be birlin in his grave w(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
he eighteen hundreds, Charles Dickens and Oliver Twist times and aâ
1 matches

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