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The word 'ms'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
msOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.32713
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 2
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 20.3 8 4
WCE - West Central 23 5 1
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
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 ms 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.

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
ae poiïm, or een inooth poiïms, bit the wark as a hol haes a
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
immin awa juist as shin as he ms geen, an bi da time he cam ba on page 88
"I didna!" da Mairch ms Hare brook in as quick as cou on page 113

2 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
On kronik dræms a'wistfil depts on page 19

1 matches

General Northern

@Franwella tweeted
imeeannenaylor plinty tickets ms quine. Ye jist need tae get s(2013)

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
athleen Raine, an Anglo-Scot. Ms Matthey has several gaitherin on page 5

2 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
no easy predicted) a nugget o Ms. Gray, raither nor the flecks on page 97

2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
need tae hae the DTP program MS Publisher 2007 installed sae
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
n, on the day o the collogue, Ms. Fabiani tellt us offeicialli
cannie an mind oor mainners). Ms. Fabiani forby met in wi pupi
, haurdlie a week efter this, Ms. Fabiani wes replacit in Alex
3 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
pin an American offer for the MS.. Hogg wesna sweir, but anerl on page 116

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
el. He tells us his source is Ms. Seward, wha haed a gift for
jers wins hame ti Britain, an Ms. Seward tells o General Brown
2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
he publick domain as pert o a MS. clekkin i the NLS, ti whilk
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
rty, an their henchmen in the Ms hae jist rin intae a reality on page 11
Takkin a leaf fae Ms Riddoch's buik (sae tae speak on page 31
in the twistit rantins o the Ms, that tae be British is tae b on page 77
features aw that aften in the Ms. An the attitude o the Britis on page 79

4 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
endly wae their headmistress, Ms Donaldson. Yi wid see hur mar on page 49
e some calls. My counterpart, Ms Donaldson, and I have assured on page 55

2 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Red an Black, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Ms Poor surchargit in her want
1 matches

General Central

@Chazzbat tweeted
cat. Fuck allergies, an fuck MS! ?? https://t.co/SjnJmZHrFc(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
schoolboy bully couldnae tie Ms Sturgeon's laces. I'd love ta(2020)