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The word 'melancholy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
melancholyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.6158
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 70.3 2 1
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
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 94.2 3 1
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 melancholy in Corpus

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Orkney

Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
Melancholy had a grip o John, on page 43

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
e breeze at followed them, e melancholy words: on page 103
, A mosst," e King sade, wi a melancholy air, an, efter fowldan his ar on page 110

2 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
istina, Christmas, chronicle, melancholy, sepulchre, tuithache.
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
n waunerin back an forth at a melancholy pace. Sae quhan the Dug-men c
n waunerin back an forth at a melancholy pace. Sae quhan the Dug-men c
2 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
kit as ever," said Alice in a melancholy tone: "it disnae seem tae dry on page 26
ah!" she said tae hersel in a melancholy tone. "Naebdy seems tae like on page 32
t follit them, they heard the melancholy wirds: on page 105
huvtae," the King said, wae a melancholy air, an, efter foldin his erm on page 112

4 matches

General Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Whit a cure fir melancholy ! on page 16

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ah!" she said tae hersel in a melancholy tone. "Naebody seems tae lik on page 31

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
kit es iver," said Alice in a melancholy voice: "it disnae seem tae ba on page 26
ent!" Alice answert in a wile melancholy voice. on page 45
breeze that folliet thim, the melancholy wurds: on page 107

3 matches

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