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The word 'surgery'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
surgeryOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.92913
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 22.9 7 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 50.1 8 2
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 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 surgery in Corpus

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Shetland

Watt, Valerie A faersome feerie, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
His undergroond surgery wis crubbit an ill lit. Dr. K
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
The door o the surgery opened a crack The doctor loo on page 15

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
caad her faither's near-haun surgery aa tae smush. Eftir thon, the
Hen-Hoose estate, nearby the surgery itsel. Hoosin in the toun wis
al. Her Ma wirkit at her Da's surgery as a nurse an wis richt gled
An he'll nae be keen tae hae surgery. Mynd, his Auntie Jude his tr
4 matches

Hutchison, Pat Mrs Clushet o Faaldydykes, (McStorytellers.com 2018) Doric - Banffshire, prose
le on. Opening the door o the surgery faa should he find sitting th
’d better wun throwe tae ma surgery, Mrs Clushet,” says he. Fai
2 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
the surgery, he said tae Jonsar. "Up on t
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
surgery he wis telt tae come back at
Eck wis sittin in the doctors surgery (He wis aye
2 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
s run rid that day. Efter the surgery ah heard the boay did a midni on page 70

1 matches

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

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
in. Ah’ll perform open hert surgery oan yae. Goat it?’’
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
how she's gaunnae get plastic surgery when she's aulder, on page 148

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
security, she wad hae plastic surgery tae chynge her Tibetan appear
dly unnerstuid ten wirds. Bit surgery - surgery is a practical ski
- surgery is a practical skill,” he s
3 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
s clear tae me that the Leith Surgery covenant is in full swing, an
e big Tesco nixt door tae the surgery. Ah’m still rattled wae the
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
our mum is a cleaner at Leith Surgery, right?
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
eries. It was stolen from the surgery car park yesterday’’
As ah exit the surgery ah feel like a re-born, Aldo.
2 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
n ae a boy wae stab wounds in surgery n it makes us shudder tae loo on page 58

1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
raid ah cannae come intae the surgery eether.”
1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
managed ti wyce him intil his surgery for aa that, an syne he manag on page 20

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
@jackiepatie Ma surgery has an online form fer reques(2020)
eenits ivery time Ah phone ma surgery.(2020)
afore she went doon a plastic surgery rabbit hole.(2020)

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