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The word 'mod'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
modOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.1108
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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)
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 mod in Corpus

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Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
na hae an aesy life, no minny mod cons around tae help on page 35

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
diphthong (/wa-/). It wis dis Mod.Eng. form at wis borrooed int on page 59

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
dle o nae-wye his leen Wi nae mod cons like water an poo'er He on page 15

1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
YE'VE heard o the Mod an the Eisteddfod. The Mod be
an the Eisteddfod. The Mod bein a competitive
2 matches

West Central

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
in crowned Bard at the Gaelic Mod fir his poetry. Afore retirin on page 127

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
stit supply system rin bi the MoD, monie sic faimlies find thei on page 123
tate. An, gien the historie o MoD inefficiency an corruption, n on page 128

2 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
wumman Is a "Mod" gold medalist, this guy's a on page 3

1 matches

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
varindersingh24 When I was in MoD in 80’s drinkin with workmat(2020)