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The word 'doactur'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
doacturOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.5243
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.8 5 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 106.7 17 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 doactur in Corpus

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General Northern

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
Billie: The daft, demented doactur wha created me didnae believe on page 40

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
nt. See when yae phone fur a_ doactur's appointment durin the winte on page 38
maire fae sellin snow than a doactur did fae savin lives. Still th on page 41
rrest. Least, that's what the doactur telt us. But ah knew the real on page 91
Aye" ah says. "His sister's a doactur." on page 106
ally assume that he must be a doactur. on page 177

5 matches

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Spiel Ma doactur telt me no’ tae smoke
1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
burst. It seems unlikely this doactur Hill boay is gonnae caw oot m
™s aboot tae sit doon wae the doactur tae receive a diagnosis. Ah c
oms. Better tae hear what the doactur hus tae say first before ah s
ae twenty-five. He’s defo a doactur cos he’s been comin back an
‘Doactur Hill sais ah’ve tae book an
6 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
nger ah kin tell him what the doactur hud tae say. Efteraw, ah’m
ame. But when it’s a fuckin doactur who’s handed me a yin wey t
‘’The doactur said there’s nuttin tae wor
the test tube provided by the doactur fae ma jean poacket. Scoopin
4 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
€™Kin ah huv a quick word wae Doactur Hill?’’
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
hink telt me, eh? the fuckin doactur. Science, a scientific fact!
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
thum until ah’ve seen that doactur Hill oan Friday.’’
Craigy nods ‘’That doactur Hill is a nice boay, eh?''
‘’He is a doactur fur fuck sake, Aldo’’ sni
The thoat ae that cunt Doactur Hill sitin in his fancy motor
couple ae days ah’m back in doactur Hill’s oaffice again. Wur f
5 matches

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