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The word 'con'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
conOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.93522
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 53.1 5 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 18.7 14 9
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
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 con in Corpus

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Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
@itsJuliaHardy Its I-Con daday so I’m aa geeked oot!! (2019) twitter link

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
con- on page 28

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
oom an steed up aneth the air-con unit aat wis ariddy bummin aw on page 10

1 matches

General Northern

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
Bruce: Soarry, Con. on page 40

4 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
uncy pet suntie suits tae Def Con high doe! #WaatchOot #FarsMaD(2018)

(South) East Central

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
hapman (North East Scotland) (Con):
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
el, is Lib-Dems (2), Lab (1), Con (1) an SNP (1). Coorse, naebo
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
on either side wi the pros an con, ae bein pals wi Charlene. Th on page 82

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
tae alternatives tae the neo-con austerity politics that hae d on page 9
y an the ither piratical, neo-con Brexitters are gonnae tak awa on page 82
yin future at the hauns o neo-con ideologues and racist demagog on page 104
is in itsel little mair nor a con. Pit tae ae side the fack tha on page 120

4 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
n the blatt, haud managed tae con oor wey in. A tell ye it wis on page 71

1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
fae a con, a dou or a slater on page 20

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
an con- on page 29

1 matches

General Central

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
a novella aboot the ploys o a con-man wha caaed hissel Lord Dun on page 62

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
ettle o stellin the thrapplin con's threshin liggs an haudin he on page 17
o a suddenty the unconscious con gied a lang shutherin gasp an on page 18

5 matches

Perrie, Walter Lallans 74 - The Lion Laid Low by the Man, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
inter’s jouked ye, it’s a con:
1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
come Himsel, the boss-man, an con-
1 matches

Widmann, Thomas The State o Denmark, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
L, Alt) an the Blue bloc (LA, Con, Caur, DFP), an i thae terms
ovrenment afore (SFP, SD, SL, Con and Caur) drappit frae 132 se
2 matches

McClurg, Fernando Thon Survation poll..., (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
Con 15-17%
1 matches

@Cobradile94 tweeted
A wis a Rai-con on Seturday, an haed a smashi(2018)

@Chazzbat tweeted
ins get worse every time, hou con onywan believe that they'll c(2020)

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
de for this! I turned the air con right down and was then overr (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

The Westender Pipin for the Young Yins, (The Hawick Paper 2008) Southern, newspaper
bein able tae practice in The Con Club? A was fair vexed when a
et up. The same gauns for the Con Club, whae a'm share are vexe
2 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
The Spanish cum tae con'ger, but this cudnae dae, on page 2

1 matches

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