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The word 'man-'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
man-Occurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.1104
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central
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 98.4 7 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of man- in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
An tried haerd tae man-hannel him an dreg him fae his on page 78

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
man-handled, keeked on page 3

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
a whole ither world o Man-buther hertache. on page 25

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
So nane will ken there’s a man-made dome
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
on the grun tae get rid o the man-stink, afore I gyang near the
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
tae boddam. 'Twas the deepest man-vrocht hole in the hale o Euro
id trauchled up the coontless man-vrocht steps, strung wi lichts
s. Jed Anderson, Bappy, wis a man-bodie – sae he maun hae a ma
bodie – sae he maun hae a man-bodie's needs . . . fit the so
ogy, an role-play fur fitiver man-wumman warssles micht pit in a
10 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
flee tae yer man-made island on page 7

1 matches

General Northern

Templeton, Sheila Tales Fae The Doric Side - La Bella Rebelle, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
ye saa that man-wumman, sonsie on page 62

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
uckle, an mair an mair like a man-bodie, an fan she hed wan twa- on page 76

1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
a Latin American ane. As the man-mukkil gyde ti furder readin s on page 116

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
urst o thrie warks dedicat ti man-wrocht inventions (twa o whilk on page 7

2 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
s palliasse on ma ain shilpit man-buddie's shouthers. It remaned on page 3

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 70 - The Primped Skull, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
orge, the beached an bristlin man-o-war –
1 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
biggit anew frae an auld man-o-war, on page 55

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Wi kenmarks o grim homage, man-wrocht threid on page 37

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
soonds awmaist like a fause, man-made ane, the war a noise. Nis
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
in, nor biggit anither pair o man-size wings. An whan he tellt h
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
r soon Aljaz! At least its no man-flu??. Hugggggsssss fae Scotla(2015)

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
thar’s ae man-made loch an A hae clair myndi
and, an wis, is fer is A ken, man-muckle afore hei kam tae bide
2 matches

General Ulster

Smyth, Anne I Corinthians 13, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster, prose
air A discoorse in the gate o man-bodies an angels, gin A haenae
leck a wean: whanivver A wus man-growed, bot, A buckt oot weans
2 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
thair taichins ir naethin but man-made on page 9

1 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Wummin-bodie Man-bodie
Wummin-bodie Man-bodie
Wummin-bodie Man-bodie
Wummin-bodie Man-bodie
4 matches

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