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The word 'custom'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
customOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.5159
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.5 8 3
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 custom in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
In Stromness there's a custom that, fur wan night in the ye on page 29

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
wae a custom-made widden cover, doublan on page 14

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
otel can survive withoot your custom. I wid love you tae stay here on page 26

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
tha sittin in his cheer i the custom hoose, an he says till him, " on page 17

1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
, accordin tae ancient annual custom, haed tae cairry oot the cere
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
e City an keep them aw in the custom they are sae uised tae. The p on page 56

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
had had a few jars as wis the custom, an wuid be nae bather tae th on page 105

1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Faither, he gaed wi the Scots custom o wearin a kilted plaid wi ba on page 14

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 104 - Whaur Div Ye Belang Tae?, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
land dee'd, it wis the ordnar custom tae gaither thegither ither h on page 51
ties as this wis aince common custom throu the late 1800's tae the on page 56

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
For tae eik a word til a custom dictionar, jist richt clap an on page 40
houer. This can be done wi a custom dictionar bi eikin yer prefer on page 43

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
wi a story o some modren day custom or tradeition that he can sha on page 110

1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
d read an write wis sma, this custom o writin in Scots estaiblisht
1 matches

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