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The word 'medical'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
medicalOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus20.66731
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 32.7 10 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 32.8 3 2
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 20.3 8 4
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 53.1 5 1
EDN - Edinburgh 87.6 14 2
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 15.9 12 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 49.9 4 3
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) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of medical 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.

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
a. Shü cam up an spak tae da medical fokk, an somewye or idder dey on page 16

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
nae the thing tae lauch At a medical "mishunter" on page 15

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
leen back tae Sri Lanka fur a medical conference, an hid taen his q
organ-broker like Brian. The medical loons an quines didna wint ta
fur aa ma services in fundin medical research. Fin I div dee, ye'l
arer. An Neil Duguid hid mair medical complications than maist. The
nnin that sud Brian iver need medical help himself, he'd need tae k
6 matches

Hutchison, Pat Mrs Clushet o Faaldydykes, (McStorytellers.com 2018) Doric - Banffshire, prose
t inaboot tae his bookshelf o medical beuks an selected yin. Takin
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
d the cry tae jine up. At the medical the doctor couldna believe th
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Ah’m sae proud: Army Medical Services Museum Ash Vale has (2016)

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
fa is interested in history, medical science or jist humanitariani on page 6

1 matches

Leslie, Dawn Press and Journal 2023-12-02 - Doric Corner, (no publisher recorded 2023) Doric, newspaper
lective course fir third-year medical students aa aboot awareness o
ma faimly hid its ain share o medical issues. Wi hid a graan Christ
2 matches

General Northern

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
Bruce: Ye're a medical mungerel: a surgical scarecro on page 40

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
A lang-lugged a lot o medical gab, bit the ootcum wis thay
1 matches

@AMaxwell54 tweeted
i spik ih Doric. Fin Ah wiz a medical student Ah wiz aften asked ta (2021) twitter link

North East Central

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
ae gaun’ae gang faur at the medical colleges. Naw, students could
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
the polis oan him or even git medical attention fur the poor cunt h on page 35
"Free bus fare, preferential medical treatment. See when yae phone on page 38
s telt. Accordin tae yur last medical. You're only yin fish supper on page 108
"You mean like a fuckin medical, or suttin?" ah ask. on page 162

4 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
MEDICAL
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
sae kenspeckle as thaim o the medical staff, the likes o porters, c
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
paceTweets wheres the tranent medical practice number - it seems t (2020) twitter link
re tranent medical centre - 23 redials this mor (2021) twitter link

West Central

@MizLiot tweeted
rink this unless ye’ve taken medical advice frae your doctor (2021) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
e procedures, the hirin o new medical staff, the biggin o a new roa on page 35

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ff tae try an find a couple o medical men that he kennt were fae Ed on page 27
money uised tae seek the best medical treatment. Eftir a whilie he on page 90
in providin deid boadies fer medical research purposes in Edinburg on page 108

4 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
fare officer. “Illegals. No medical entitlement. You know, Profes
time tae time. There wis nae medical entitlement for illegals, bit
ny ither body here in terms o medical knawledge. The doctor only ca
,” replied Nusiret. “Some medical man you are.”
t totty bit o graith: maps, a medical encyclopedia, a Chinese dicti
12 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Ah’ve finally ran oot ae medical posters tae read. Ken, the yi
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
‘’Wae aw that medical mumbo jumbo, they speak in’
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Medical research fauvours tadger owne on page 12

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
gaun oan, ‘Huv ye goat any medical conditions? Diabetes? Low blo
1 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Mair Licht, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
- fir Goethe there’s nae medical cure
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
aptain says. 'Can anyone with medical knowledge make their way inco on page xv
nant at eighteen, she'd be in medical school or sommat like that by on page 34
ot Dave the grisly details in medical speak like ah'm a textbook as on page 86

3 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Oor owthor ends wi medical maiters. Whit kin o medical s on page 110

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
en aff an ilk ane pit throu a medical examen o some kind bi the oot
1 matches

Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
udin meat, claes, hoosing and medical care as weel as necessar soci
1 matches

McNulty, Victoria Hame, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
Tripping medical wires glistening
1 matches

@iainnicol tweeted
@tejmuk A medical Dr? Bluidie hell.(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
mak is sae difficult tae get medical assistance?! #Grrr(2020)
oice. But they shudnae expect medical help when they faa ill. They (2020)
mmer. Whaur did ye obtain yer medical licence(?) ??(2020)

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Research fur medical needs on page 41

1 matches

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
it at the seminary; eftir his medical dischairge in 1943, he mairri
1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
m frae Glesca, an hed been ae Medical Student thar, hed haen ae bit
us brekdoon an hed failed his medical exams. Ma muther supplied
2 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
n nae amount o sairchin throu medical journals tae find the cause o on page 50
nce. She was suspicious o the medical interventions o Alfie's docto on page 51

2 matches

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