A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'crest'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
crestOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.277
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 16.3 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 crest in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Stampit wi the Royal Crest on page 15

1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
ther minds tae pit my name an crest up there. I'll leave baabees on page 10

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
toon o Shanzi. He stuid on a crest as the sin rase, an saw the f
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
e thum even hus a wee Rangers crest oan his bicep. Fuckin hell, i on page 9

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
On the crest o a tsunami o microwaves. on page 91

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
te blancmange wobblin oer the crest ay the hill.
1 matches

General Central

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
He paused for a meenit on the crest o the bank as a pair o coorti on page 17

1 matches

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