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The word 'decorated'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
decoratedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.1138
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 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 decorated in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
an, in couples: they were all decorated wi hearts. Next came e guests on page 76

1 matches

Aberdeen

@Woodside Wullie tweeted
ht it wis shortbreid at first decorated wi a bonnie white cockad. (2021) twitter link

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
colours and are thoughtfully decorated wae pictures ae baith big and on page 159
surprise when ma beautifully decorated invite droapped through the l on page 165
n Dougies pink shirt which is decorated in yelly flowers. Course, typ on page 167
tray oan the purple and white decorated table. Before he lifts his pi on page 170

4 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ur they plantit it. They then decorated it wi ribbons an ither bits a on page 122

1 matches

Edinburgh

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
it wis white wi red trim, an decorated wi twa overlappin white globe
1 matches

General Central

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
osekeeper haed her front step decorated wi pipeclay and in Men Should
I’ll mind. Oh! Ye’re a’ decorated! My! Isn’t that lovely. Ta!
2 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
@MrsNickyClark Thons a fair decorated house!(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
th ten courtiers: these were decorated aw ower wi diamonds, an walke on page 78

2 matches

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