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The word 'crossroads'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
crossroadsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3107
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
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 crossroads in Corpus

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Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Cross streyt at the crossroads on page 137

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
rections. "Stracht oan at the crossroads then first on your left at th on page 72

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
e the neep-park cottars wis a crossroads. Here, ye micht cairry fair o
nd. In the nearest neuk o the crossroads wis Kilrogie schule, ae lang
2 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
ned richt bi the Abyne-Tarlan crossroads, an the dyke that faither sat on page 51

1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
nae gritters wid ken far that crossroads is There is ticht corner up t(2020)

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
in sowel until they cam tae a crossroads. Noo Dorothy wis fair flummox
1 matches

General Central

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 82 - Holy Corners o Auld Scotia, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
a thrang crossroads that gied fower brand chices on page 56

1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
r faither spak the nems o the crossroads aloud as thay hurled by thaim on page 25

1 matches

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