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The word 'masses'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
massesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4139
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 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
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 masses in Corpus

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(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
these people - power to the masses (2020) twitter link

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
we are thi masses oot ah yir social classes on page 48

2 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
c o the Renaissance, like the Masses an motets o Italy’s Giovann
lliott haes brocht Carver’s Masses an motets oot frae the mirk a
2 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
Kenzie shouts, addressin the masses. 'This is ma wee brur n his p on page 25

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
as his criticism. "There was masses of dialogue, and the Scots ju on page 7

1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
’s no filtered doon tae the masses yet, the auld peas an barley.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
€™s just like ah sais – the masses, the cunts oan the street, th
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
as his criticism. 'There were masses of dialogue, and the Scots ju on page 25

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
In-twist- and pressin masses o rock on page 107

1 matches

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 76 - Mither tung?, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
yer hunkert masses dwynin tae pech free
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
George Square eventually saw masses o Yes voters hopes dashed as
1 matches

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