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The word 'margret'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
margretOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.1102
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 19.6 6 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 1
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 margret in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
t i door fan he sees aul Miss Margret takin in her shoppin. Callum
and thinks to him sel, "Miss Margret looks like shes needin a han.
Callum gee’s aul miss Margret a han. She’s niver been ass
lum loved speakin to aul miss Margret. She ayewis made him feel a b
al in wir ane wye," says miss Margret. Aefter i shoppins a in, she
6 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
ING. NOT THE QUEEN. AINLIE ST MARGRET'S FITBAW TEAM!' on page 18

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
. Ah hink o the dove above St Margret's altar and pray tae it fae a on page xv
ere's a stone Virgin above St Margret's, and ah make the sign o the on page xx

2 matches

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