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The word 'conversations'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
conversationsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12716
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 3
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 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 26.6 6 3
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 30.7 6 2
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 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)

Occurrences of conversations in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
scheme ker-park, thir conversations an customs, on page 14

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
hed nae picters athin it, or conversations edder, "an whit ös is a book on page 7

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
wan-sided conversations. on page 109

1 matches

Williamson, Christie Da Problem o dese Paerts, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Shetland, prose
wha wis bidden tae 'Creative Conversations' at da University o Glesga Ch
1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ents. I nodded, from previous conversations I had gleaned that Angela had
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ad good. Yi could huv private conversations on the bus an naebdy wid know on page 17
st the adults wur huvin their conversations in the livin room she'd sit i on page 56
r airy-fairy mind-body-spirit conversations ah got a full-blown spiel abo on page 169

4 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
ad good. Yi could huv private conversations on the bus an naebody wid kno
1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
ewhere, lik’ maist o’ oor conversations. An’ there wis Andy wi’ a
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
An thi conversations that eh hae we on page 17
quilted conversations an on page 38

2 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
could be listienin intae yur conversations. They could easily come in he
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ar ago; ye can have wee micro conversations wi Iona while eh speaks an tu on page 3

5 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
solvable problems, runnin oer conversations we hud in the past an revisin
1 matches

Ayrshire

Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
arely last ten meenits as oor conversations are just the same question as
1 matches

General Central

Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
mair, haes been the subjeck o conversations an discussions bi lawers, an
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ld. An individuals actions an conversations can mak a differ tae oor soci
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
rday afore the vote, doorstap conversations whan I wis oot canvassin, the
l aye mind the connections an conversations that led fellow-activists an
2 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
, but eet hed nae pictures or conversations in eet, "an whit's th yis o a on page 7

1 matches

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