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The word 'topics'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
topicsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.51814
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 11.9 9 6
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of topics in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
d Policy (http://www.gov.scot/Topics/ArtsCultureSport/arts/Scots/S
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(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ht read an a lauch. Matthew's topics is braid-reengin. For example
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
en reinges wi feelin ower the topics, that, tho on the mairches o
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West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
in 'Simmer Ootin'. Amang its topics ir the yokin ontil kintra lif on page 5

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Clark, Thomas Mindin on Willie McIlvanney, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Bellshill, blog
me, an tae Scotland an aw - topics o conversation that Willie ba
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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
e has lectured on a variety o topics, includin Scotland's Radical on page I

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Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
y wi’oot touchin on serious topics again. She wad been blithe ta
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Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ce tae rant. We each have wir topics, mines is the upper middie cl on page 3

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General Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
tendit tae wirk on historical topics, aften wi important resonance on page 37
epend freely on the themes an topics A'm addressin. An A've been a on page 40

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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
tae be fankit juist tae thir topics. We are gled for tae hear yer
hear yer thochts furth o thir topics ablow.
s maunna feel fankit tae thir topics an are walcomit as pairt o th
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
s aften leemitit tae intimate topics or identificational ettles, a
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Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
, but no aw, are aisy-osie on topics sic as frackin an tax-joukin.
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Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
braid selection o subjects an topics oan it; ane o the main ettles
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@IshbelMcF tweeted
d Idea*. Onie ither ideas fir topics ye'd like tae see fir a colum(2019)

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
tae offair discrete topics. 'Langside thon the waark tae on page 22

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