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The word 'convirsation'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
convirsationOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.7121
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 39.2 12 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 convirsation in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
the fly, faither wis deep in convirsation wi ane o'is cronies. on page 10
st time Eric an me hid a real convirsation wis aboot 1976." on page 15
The convirsation flees thick an fatst, on page 32
nny, nae likin the wye at the convirsation wis gaun, or the dangerous le on page 35
an Joyce wis in nae mood fir convirsation. on page 46

5 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
heir respecks, makkin stiltit convirsation ower the clink an tingil o cu on page 22
deein his best it entertainin convirsation. on page 27
lukewaarm contribution te the convirsation. on page 30
hae freens, Roy. Ye've te mak convirsation wi folk - it's aa aboot effi on page 84
it aroon an sighed, mynin the convirsation they'd hid efter his faither' on page 91

5 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
is jist a stock question - a convirsation opener." on page 31
tell er, an at's the wye the convirsation usually gangs. Ere's nae muck on page 47

2 matches

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