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The word 'execution'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
executionOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.52111
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 105.5 3 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21.9 2 2
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 37.4 3 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 94.2 3 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 execution in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
pered "She's under sentence o execution." on page 79
n custody an under sentence o execution. on page 89
f her unfortunate guests till execution-wance more e peeg-baby wis sn on page 120

3 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
cam doon that nicht that the execution order was rescinded. An the f on page 18

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
hing mair or less nor summ'ry execution. Are ye sayin Gweed wad hae d on page 90

1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
d it wis only efter the third execution (we didnae call them murders)
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
dure that tendit tae lead tae execution bi bein hung, drawn an quarte on page 42

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
been killt in revenge fer the execution o Wishart. Whan the ward soon on page 118
land an England, up until the execution o Louis Xvi in Paris in 1793, on page 121

2 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
pert "She's unner sentence ae execution." on page 81
custody an unner sentence ae execution. on page 91
in her unlucky guests oaf tae execution--wance mair the pig-bairn wis on page 122

3 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
conventicle wis punishable by execution, an thaim that attendit cuid on page 27

1 matches

General Central

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
In Renwick’s case it wis an execution in the Edinburgh Grassmerkit

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
pered "She's under sentence o execution." on page 81
n custody an under sentence o execution. on page 91
derin off hur pair guests tae execution-yinee mair th pig-bairn was s on page 123

3 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
'I putt the orders in execution on page 47

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
pert "Shae's unner sentence o execution." on page 82
n custody an unner sentence o execution. on page 92
ff hir unfurtunate guests tae execution - yinst mair the pig-weeyin on page 124

3 matches

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