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The word 'doris'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dorisOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus18.46112
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 58.1 10 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 36 11 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 92.8 36 3
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 doris in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Doris Jenkins on page 13
me. "I wis just come in whin Doris lightit ta some aald man - ' on page 14
pper every Friday night, whin Doris's van cam fae da toon, an da on page 15
a spend da simmer wi her aunt Doris, an as fur Nicola, ah'm kent on page 17

10 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
s at fae?" speered is missus, Doris. on page 6
ir like snaa in the Sahara." Doris chaaed er boddom lip. "Fit iv on page 7
"It's hairdly oan, ye ken, Doris: dishin oot at letters it sic on page 8

8 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
tae watch, baith o them loved Doris Day films an mony’s the nic
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Fa’s Doris loon?! #autocorrect https://t(2019)

@FaeFoggie tweeted
alfordbrad Yiv nivver been wi Doris's sister Edith. Michty me.(2019)

General Northern

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
e seen a finer een since Auld Doris fell aff een at #PrivateEen(2015)

(South) East Central

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
y. Ye can get a programme fae Doris Rougvie 01738-583698 and tick
1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
“I’m sorry, Doris. I don’t know why I did it.
Doris stuid ower her, giein oot con
“Ah,” said Doris, wi the saitisfeed relish o a
“Concussion,” Doris telt her, wi gusto. “Hit hi
Doris had an unco wey o daffin an M
24 matches

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ke intae his hoose and chased Doris wi a big jaggy shard o gless.
wi it perched on his napper. Doris wis in having a cuppa, she te
wi that hat oan. Noo that wis Doris’s cue tae leave. As she sai
Josephine, was the eldest of Doris’s siblings). Her life is a
I ken Sid didnae trust them, Doris disnae either.”
11 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
wis lik somethin oot an auld Doris Day film cause they pure hate on page 109

1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Jist a wee deoch ‘n’ Doris An’ a dash tae the Interflo
1 matches

General Central

@ThonJacobite tweeted
ories are pittin pressure oan Doris tae reopen the schools. Of co(2021)