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The word 'weapons'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
weaponsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.13618
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
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21.9 2 2
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 95.6 9 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 78.6 6 1
LAL - General Central 15.9 12 8
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 weapons in Corpus

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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
ing Saul. He lookit efter his weapons an he played music fir him fo on page 23

1 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
weapons o mass destruction on page 17

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
ANGRILY, Ah like nuclear weapons, on page 23

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
war correspondents didnae get weapons
1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
for the netherwarld wi aw the weapons he could pit his hauns on. He on page 51

1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ers followeq her, wavin their weapons. Then they stopped. They gawp on page 40

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
A Bio-weapons laboratory on page 141

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ng theirsels an sell aw sides weapons - thon's the British wey. Ev on page 114
in Saudi Arabia. Sellin them weapons wheneer they ask is ae thing on page 116
rie that keepin sic dangerous weapons on page 128
in fer a total ban on nuclear weapons. Activists aroun the warld di on page 129
nt willnae promote the sale o weapons on page 154

8 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
had nae bather in gettin the weapons. on page 104

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
time. "Yi dinnae bring bloody weapons tae school! That's whit yur f on page 55

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
A weapons officer in the Hindu Kush. on page 102

1 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt La Le La Le La Iron Mountain, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
money for weapons and sterling for death
money for weapons and dollars for death
money for weapons dollars for death
money for weapons sterling for death
money for weapons dollars- dollars
6 matches

General Central

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
afore the hellish rammy o weapons, on page 24

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
nds fae ane or anither o thir weapons. on page 40

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
d aw kind o ither scunnersome weapons. 'There wis nae chance o a to on page 33

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
irdin unco saicret, hush-hush weapons." Broun's mooth drappit aipen on page 65

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
tae Murmansk an bring food an weapons an that tae the Russians. An on page 43

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
s arrayit, Speires, and uther Weapons, and as it had bene the joyni
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2017) Central
nnerstaund whit happened, the weapons used, the tactics etc.
er. They wur much taen wi the weapons, the muskets, pistols, basket
enades ..... Ah micht add the weapons wur aw replicas so naebody go
ebody got hurt. Ah'll pit the weapons up anither time an explain a

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
hud haurly ony ammunition or weapons worth mentionin. They wur als

@pmcm1355 tweeted
anser tae, "I've got nuclear weapons" no supposit tae be, "so hiv (2022) twitter link

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