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The word 'circus'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
circusOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.83612
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 16.3 5 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 41.3 16 3
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 64.1 6 1
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 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 circus in Corpus

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
ensington Gardens, Piccadilly Circus, champaign, rioja, sputnik, t on page 35

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ocht she wis back hame in the circus, richt in the mids o the ring
harns o a hen. Of coorse the circus didna wint her back efter yon
ssie the Jumbo didna miss the circus, or India, onymair.
e dinna need tae ging tae the circus tae see a clown,” cried Mys
rtwheels roon the park like a circus monkey.
5 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
kaim as yin bit thair'r idle circus fowk here whae hecht tae lear on page 3

1 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
The Unicorn an the Circus on page 97
"1°11 tak ye tae the circus," said the fairy. She knew th on page 98
kKerryin their bairns an the circus people kKerried aa the wee an on page 99
the oe chance to stay in the circus that he spread his wings an f on page 100
rincess Katie can come to the circus any time they like!" on page 101

14 matches

Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
ey micht easily be lairned by circus trainers tae spot whase tae b
1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
ant tae see an end o the hale circus ...warthless bliddy ...”
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
wumman tightrope walker in a circus. She hud it done properly twi on page 50
dnae been washed fur the hale circus season. on page 56

2 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
A went tae the circus the other day Thuv taen the l
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
Yi wur as subtle as a fuckin circus wae these clowns. A on page 33

1 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
nk and somersault around like circus ladies wi scales, Ad take som on page 36

1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
in ma bairnheid cam when the Circus breenged in tae Gawston. As f on page 23

6 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
ally an oreeginally cam fae a circus, sae daein tricks in the watt on page 63

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
tors' buik at the office. The circus was in toun. "I think I'll ta on page 37

1 matches

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