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The word 'factories'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
factoriesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.7127
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 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
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 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 factories in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
te faced vratches tcyauvin in factories or offices micht cweel their
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
e oceans – wi eneuch oxygen factories tae keep them gyaun till thei
1 matches

General Northern

Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
nalism, than aa the wurkin in factories will dae. They’ll nae liste
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
unsanitary conditions in the factories an mills that were churnin oo on page 147

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
weemin nor men in their jute factories, meanin that in mony faimlies on page 50

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
n onythin the ither chocolate factories can mak!' on page 12
'Aw factories,' said Granda Jock,' hae wark on page 16
they gang back tae their ain factories and clype?' spiered Chairlie. on page 18
I cannae thole hackitness in factories! Ben we go, then! But please on page 73

4 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - Review Lang Syne in the East Neuk o Fife, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
guff fae the Nairns' linoleum factories in the Langtoun is 'The Boy I on page 54

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
anent weimen in the munitions factories an hospitals. on page 110

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
tae the snash o the factories an reek o the lums on page 77

1 matches

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