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The word 'transport'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
transportOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.23018
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21.9 2 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 12.7 5 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 25 4 1
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 11.9 9 7
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 transport in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
The jaas o the transport appen, a gant on page 5
the fock on the pier fae the transport - on page 9

2 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
mily ooteen in this winderful transport. on page 47

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
's jist mey peyn't a view. Ma transport fur thi Broch, eit eis tyme, on page 60

1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
and service to Lothian Region Transport’. They mun hae thocht a lot
1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
in the Loire Valley, wi great transport links, Blois is aften uised a on page 18

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Will virus crisis mean a fresh stairt for Scots produce?, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
e forgett that cuttin oot the transport aspect is gaun tae help the p
1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
The Transport Mínister, an indeed aabody i
1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
nae menes o transport ower the border, bar cuddies,
whaur A’l can arreinge fur transport.”
rodds agin Scotch transport fur revengeance. Than a brute
byde ontil the transport cam ower the brig, than ti be
4 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
they got a letter frae Depute Transport Meinister, Lewis MacDonald te
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
planes that are supposed tae transport it! Ah, the efficiency o the on page 120
on, the health service an the transport infrastructure gaun. Houanniv on page 145

2 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ttle tae attemp be ony mode o transport: straucht across the rigbane
n’s mornin. Ah’ll arrynge transport. Whaur ye wintin tae gang?”
s ain gruns, bit near publick transport. She gaed tae sleep quick tha
ws his way around, but public transport isn’t very good in Dalhousi
4 matches

Glasgow

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
the toon fur a gander at the Transport Museum, pointin oot the auld on page 7

1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
's no a major brakdoon in oor transport schedule, then. Thank Perjink on page 10

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
the toon fur a gander at the Transport Museum, pointin oot the auld on page 27

1 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
for tae tak up a place whaur transport is behaudin tae catchment arr
aff the local policies aroon transport. An tae, unner the braid heid
s employment, health, hoosin, transport, connectivity, community mait
3 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ther: the Glasgow Corporation Transport Players, the Jewish Institute
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
clike issues as APD, frackin, transport infrastructure an land reform
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
e wearin face masks on public transport, is it no up tae the bus driv(2020)

@rattlecans tweeted
d, the car thief can sort oot transport, and the lazy bastard, it'll (2022) twitter link

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
visits - The Ulster Fowk an' Transport Museum an' UlsterAmerican Fow on page 53

1 matches

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