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The word 'sibness'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sibnessOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.52115
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 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 15.9 12 7
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 56.2 4 3
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of sibness in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 74 - I Hae A Drame, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, poetry
intil a leesome lilt o sibness.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
side o the 'flock' shaws the sibness atween some Scots an Frisian
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Ah mean hae a sibness wi tham on page 41

1 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ots, is that important - the sibness. Whit cuid be mair sib til's on page 60

1 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
as frae Jess's ither stickit sibness wi Dan, her lang-term bidie-i on page 90

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
b vocabulary, wi English. The sibness is geyan like that atween the
1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
he time an in retrospeck, the sibness o Aulder Scots an contemporar
1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
aw intae decline. An the vera sibness o the kin langages Inglish an
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
e. This accoont haes an eerie sibness til anither ane fae Aprile 15
1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
• Merk oot the sibness o anither cultur tae Scots
ettin intae Scots. Kemp saw a sibness atween Molière’s comedy an
2 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
tween, hooivver, shaw hoo the sibness o Scots and English means tha
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
ween the twa as weel as their sibness - takkin a glisk at history
Linguistic Sibness
theless exemples o linguistic sibness atween these twa tongues o Sc
3 matches

South West (Galloway)

Scott, Hamish Lallans 75 - Televeision, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Sum a scunner, sum a sibness as thair win or tyne
1 matches

General Ulster

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
¨r-Scotch daeins calendar, an sibness cleeks wi Noarth Amerikay. on page 50

1 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
deepen the sibness wi' the Scotch-Airish commoni on page 11
Secon', thair bes a sibness atween cultural confidence an on page 19

2 matches

Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
t ye didnae finn at ye haed a sibness wi a bodie at wud gar ye grue
1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Mairk a box tae insense tha sibness o ilka bodie tae tha ither me
1 matches

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