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The word 'docter'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
docterOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.7154
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 35.6 3 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
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) 530 6 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of docter in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n is first hame visit fae the docter. The GP hid leent forrit te t on page 8
inty ear wi'oot ivver seein a docter. An noo, weel, Ah'm nivver aw on page 9

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
The day ye war born the docter said ye widna see oot the aif on page 20

1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
wid hae turnt oot tae be - a docter, maybe, or a laayer, or a tea on page 35

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
cht Ah micht hae a word wi mi docter aboot it. But na, he’d hae
et oot o’t. We didna need a docter ti tell us he wis deid as a d
2 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Warwick, Matthew Tha Feardie Geng hae tae bide at hame, (Sensory Attachment Centre 2020) Ulster - Ballymena, weans
Tha Docter toul thaim naw tae worry thei
Tha Docter toul thaim tha smittal bug lo
Tha Docter said ye can still g’ootside
Tha Docter toul thaim that wee smittal b
Tha Docter said thon’s tha same as whu
6 matches

General Ulster

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Docter Foster on page 19

1 matches

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