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The word 'imperial'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
imperialOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.82215
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.7 5 3
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 3
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 5
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)
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 imperial 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.

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
nners. "My praicious Lily! My imperial kitthin!" on page 17

2 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
cessions, some o which were o imperial high heidyins in cairriages, on page 73

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
his mou haes aw the reik o an imperial-stentit eddickation—an Scot
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
divine richts o aw thair ain imperial languages tae reign supreme o
parity wi the auld imperial French language on the street
2 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
ly divisive legacy of British Imperial brutality that sowed the seed
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
E'en cowed the Imperial Aigle o the Ninth - on page 85

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Chrysanths, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
Imperial purpie, white, wad grace
1 matches

Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
apitalists needit the British Imperial State. For a common mercat ac
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
his meant daein whitivver the Imperial Mejesty o the us decrees - b on page 114
due tae a supposedly glorious imperial past. An, as we are seein yet on page 119
ited Kingdom, nae maitter the imperial fantasies o Farage, May.an th on page 143

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
threw aff the yoke o British Imperial pouer, monie Scots supportit on page 121

1 matches

General Central

Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
The Imperial Watchmaker explained, wi a do on page 105

1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
le the Labour MPs received an Imperial walcome. George Square eventu
1 matches

@RickHJohnston tweeted
use rabble stickin it tae the imperial masters team efter time up. T (2022) twitter link

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
rd Metric EU Sanctioned or an Imperial Rees Moggy measure?(2020)

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
yerself calm and bow tae yer Imperial Masters.?? https://t.co/8t69e(2018)
eon Keep calm and bow tae yet imperial masters! ????(2018)

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
perfect! in ma heyday, a use imperial mair than metric. Ahm useless(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
ssenger delivers this for our imperial person: on page 46

1 matches

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