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The word 'diary'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
diaryOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus13.64523
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 26.2 8 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 25.1 5 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 23.6 18 8
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 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of diary in Corpus

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Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Nightly phonecalls, diary wi a lock, on page 42

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. New Lambs, Owld Stone, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
The usual, cutesy ‘Lambing Diary’ stuff sterts tae happen. M
1 matches

Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
’ll be readin da What’s Off diary danite (2020) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
day that she cam tae rue Her diary it wis stappit fu on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
. Ah nivver kent mam keepit a diary, Ah think, liftin oot the tap on page 79
Ah smile an close Mam's diary. An syne, Ah canna help bit w on page 80
the kitchen afore openin the diary on the table, his een sattlin on page 89
ed as he thocht aboot his ain diary. Mebbe he'd mair in common wi on page 91
breath as he reached fir his diary, drew a line aneth his entry, on page 96

7 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
ntendo, the sea, and noo this diary tae keep ma occupied.
1 matches

General Northern

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
e said, 'pit this doon in yer diary. Ah'm giein ye till the fifte on page 8

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
warmer. You will find in my diary that Nineteen Ninety Eight wa
1 matches

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
wyte fir ess! A date fir the diary. Looks like it’s gaan tae be(2020)

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
in the Provost's Engagements Diary gin ye hae a bit keek!" on page 26

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
tion wis seen in the Scotsman Diary o Tuesday 29 Aprile an wis th
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
pitched. She could've kept a diary of everythin that was happeni on page 83
ifferent recipes, an yi get a diary tae record whit yiv ate. She' on page 135
ils in ma wee Winnie the Pooh diary, so noo, accordin tae that, h on page 155

3 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
eh? Ah’ll need tae check ma diary but ah’m pretty sure ah’v
1 matches

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
e set me. Please keep a short diary of what you get up to each da on page 3
t tae dae it. Ahm no really a diary kind ae person. on page 6
nder if she makes them keep a diary on their phone tae. on page 9
u make a note of that in your diary?' on page 13

5 matches

General Central

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
oan the pages o a diary. on page 26

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
This is a JOURNAL, aye? No a diary. I ken fine whit it says on t on page 1

4 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
e be here, and I'll pit in ma diary that I'm takkin yese oot for on page 63

1 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
The Editor's diary (whyles kent ti be wrang) say on page 4

1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
diary keepin
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
nd sax walings oot Nicoll’s diary that describes whit wis happe
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
l fir "day 9" o ma "Gratitude Diary! Nicht awe! xxx http://t.co/t(2015)

@ClashCityClarky tweeted
Jist got the Czech Diary of a Wimpy Kid aff ma guid fe(2018)

@LairnScots tweeted
aitin on me giein it aw "Dear Diary" this and "Dear Diary" that, (2020) twitter link
a a copy o @bwpublishing’s ‘Diary o a Wimpy Wean’, signed by @ (2019) twitter link
ay 2nd March bletherin aboot 'Diary o a Wimpy Wean'. Get tickets (2019) twitter link
urces fir @bwpublishing buik 'Diary o a Wimpy Wean', translated i (2019) twitter link
'Diary of a Wimpy Wean' is comin oot (2018) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

General Ulster

Alexander, Brian Yarns 3 - Pilgrimage tae Passchendaele, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Dufferin, prose
addin a few exerpts o the war diary o the 14th Royal Irish Rifles
1 matches

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