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The word 'homework'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
homeworkOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus82612
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 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 3
WCE - West Central 64.4 14 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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 homework in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
ither says "Eens yiv deen yer homework!"
his mam if she's teen oot his homework baggie, she skerls bain i hoo
2 matches

General Northern

@Franwella tweeted
@aimeeannenaylor homework can come bit yer mither might(2011)
@aimeeannenaylor Maths homework in the middle o summer...ther(2011)

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Group, Quill , the suggestit homework wis for us tae scrieve a poem on page 3

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
'You done yer homework?' she said whin I went ben th on page 1

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
mes when she had finished her homework, she wid sit watchin the fire on page 78
st week an her perfume an her homework an her silk bikini when we we on page 88

2 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
homework log book an then jist traced on page 17
Harpreet wis daein her French homework an ah wis watchin Mister Ande on page 24
Ah had hunners a homework - History, Modern Studies, a on page 31
the teacher made me dae it as homework. on page 56
daein the ouija board at the Homework Club after school. Apparently on page 105
Also on pages 131, 142, 169
12 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
ah waitet till she signed ma homework log book an then jist traced
1 matches

Wilson, Lucy Lock Doon, (Greenock Telegraph 2021) Central - Greenock, poetry
Dane homework in ma jammies, ave never been
1 matches

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
wis me hinkin shed furgot the homework assignment she set me. Please on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
uff, an ah should huv done ma homework afore enterin intae a transac
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
'Busy wi yer homework?' Mammy says, walkin intae ma on page 53

1 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
thers o yer lairners - a wee homework task thinkin aboot faimily tr (2017) twitter link

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