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The word 'isolation'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
isolationOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.82218
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 21.9 2 2
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 9.3 7 5
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 isolation in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
her inner stations. Distance, isolation, on page 57

1 matches

Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
week 3 fur wis. At least wir isolation ended daday and we wir allowe (2020) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
wi the ill-doers locked inno isolation wards. Likewyse, ilkie Sector
1 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
Oor 14 days o self-isolation are up aifter the day. Ma Da
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Will virus crisis mean a fresh stairt for Scots produce?, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
ein eneuch tae get throu self-isolation due tae the coronavirus, ye w
1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
following a project of blind isolation as per the current Westminste (2022) twitter link
kElphinstone First day o self isolation for me and the wife due tae t (2020) twitter link

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
winter, the puir hairst, the isolation. It sae happens that a tinker
1 matches

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
u shood b locked up or pit in isolation oot the way - self isolation (2020) twitter link

West Central

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
we'r lairnin aboot oorsels in isolation ar faur frae revelatory. Ah'v
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Isolation on me steals,
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
mpetition, the rejection, the isolation, the snobbery ay those wi ten on page 3

1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
I see that you’re in total isolation,” she says. “That’s goo
1 matches

Ayrshire

Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
e has caused awmaist complete isolation between us and the ootside wo
1 matches

General Central

Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
at gemme playin causes social isolation - fowk interestit in gemmes on page 54

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
at gemme playin causes social isolation - fowk interestit in gemmes on page 54

1 matches

Sneddon, Alison Whit dae ye want “British vailues” tae mean?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
faur greater nor it wad be in isolation. The memmers o the EU represe
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
don't know how you stand the isolation. I don't eat meat so lamb in (2020)
old Level Wilhemina Nae Mates isolation have I managed to get lice?(2020)

@LairnScots tweeted
man', an eldritch story aboot isolation: https://t.co/lOu2ovme8V (2020) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
rt studio a' day every day in isolation before finally bein frogmarch (2021) twitter link

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