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The word 'clich'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
clichOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.41813
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 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 15.4 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 clich in Corpus

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Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
da ultimate video conferencin cliché durin da DCC meeting dastre (2020) twitter link

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
suggest that it is cheesy an cliché. At the museum, ye will lai on page 7

1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
lander. It is the epitome o a cliché Scottish tourism toun.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
e. At a risk o soondin like a cliché followin Carl McDougall's r
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
he pits thegither a string o clichés the likes o,
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
nwards. Bit aye mind the auld cliché: gin ye dinnae ken whaur ye on page 21
component in awthin. The auld cliché that accoontants are fowk t on page 36
ot the future but as the auld cliché his it, hou can ye tell wha on page 62

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
rt o idea, forgettin the auld cliché that it's only winners that on page 19

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Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
aware, inescapably, ay whit a cliché I am, havin bin recently du on page 3

2 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
o. He rolls oot the well-worn clichés aboot his hauns bein tied
1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
ch mair than some auld, cheap cliché. on page 77

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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
ti descryve athout faain inti cliché. Leukin back on thaim nou,
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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
delichts in mellin slang and cliché wi braid Scots, Inglis dial
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Neil, Gabriel The Green Pairty: Holyrood’s nixt opposition?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
in so common it’s awmaist a cliché awready. Gin ye’re involv
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@Chazzbat tweeted
cter's weak behaviour, or the clichéd dialogue. Dinnae waste yer(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
. This wis nae place fir auld clichés. on page 191

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