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The word 'disco'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
discoOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus14.14715
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central 39.9 9 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 112.7 22 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 24.2 2 2
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 113.7 4 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of disco in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Sheu took me tae a disco and I liked hid weel enough. on page 10

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
innin es faist es the flashin disco lichts. Ane o the quines fae on page 45

1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Aiberdeen become an open air disco wi buskers belting oot music (2020)

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
in this disco inferno on page 22

1 matches

General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ns the place intae a blooming disco! ??(2019)
ce intae a blooming karaoke n disco nicht! Wish she wid dee one b(2019)

(South) East Central

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
her line eh washin, "Havin a disco boys?' on page 7

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
lets b honest - thae silent disco tours look a right jolly - h (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
sooo never comin tae a Kirky disco wi us, she said, Yi'd get us on page 22
it she's wearin tae the Kirky disco this Friday. Charlene's gaun on page 23
e themorra night at the Kirky disco, said Kelly Marie. Ah'll ask on page 24
d been talkin aboot the Kirky disco an how Chris Rice had gave he on page 27
's half Social Dancin an half Disco an wuv aw been tolt tae dress on page 33
Also on pages 72, 143
7 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
The Disco wis absolutely jumpin’
a joab Doon et the Dungeon disco nights Thur talkin’ aboot d
2 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
n says, 'Div, Parker, - Paco, Disco an ahm Mo.' He puts his hawn on page 10
Disco spits oot a moothfull ae Tenn on page 11
Disco is lookin worried. Ahm comin on page 12
Disco is struttin aboot, puffin oot on page 14
Efter he cleans himself up, Disco rejoins us at the table. on page 15
Also on pages 23, 24, 26, 31, 31, 33
22 matches

General Central

@billykayscot tweeted
get this footage o me in the Disco in Victoria Street, Edinburgh(2020)

South East (Borders)

Stevenson, Gerda Cat Wumman: Tales O Nine Lives - The Witch, (Luath 2025 ISBN: 978-1804252420) Central - Peebles, prose
ls wantit tae hae a pairty, a disco, in the place, redd up Maggie on page 46

1 matches

@cammyrudkin tweeted
ogg_15 away and boil yir heed disco puss #naewonderfokegettoothac(2012)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Cartmill, Claire Three score years an ten, (Ballymoney and Moyle Times 2014) Ulster, newspaper
y dance is oot o date ... the disco’s a the rage
1 matches

General Ulster

Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
Tae meet in wi twa lads at a disco wusnae tha siccar thing tae d
santlik the haed gane tae tha disco howpin tae cleek. The liked t
n tha lads sae guid. Whan tha disco wus near owre, Dot sez, “Lu
ook neist, gif ye bes at tha disco.”
4 matches

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