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The word 'ailments'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ailmentsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.894
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 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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) 109 6 1

Occurrences of ailments in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
friens greetit her wi talk o ailments an a wheen former pupils
1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
r ugsome potions fir wummans' ailments. Een the monks cam tae Bridie on page 11

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
the diagnosis an treatment o ailments, an sic lyke.
1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
proaphit Isaiah: "He tuk oor ailments on hissel, an he cairriet Oor on page 9
oves, an tae be cured o thair ailments. Then Jesus tuk hïssel awa f on page 77
hïm an tae be cured o thair ailments. An tha yins vext sair wi ïl on page 79
ek fowk weel agane frae thair ailments. He rïd thaim o ïll spïrit on page 81
in cured o wickit spïrits an ailments. Thair wus Mary, caad Magdale on page 82

6 matches

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