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The word 'elspeth'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
elspethOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus17.8574
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 153.7 47 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
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 10.7 8 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 1
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 elspeth in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
nt wi some o the neebours. An Elspeth an Gerald seem like a nice en on page 25
ial circle, Ah got spikkin te Elspeth ae day an she telt ma aat the on page 26
it an yoamin te high hivven. "Elspeth an Gerald'lI bi here in a mee on page 27
"Interestin choice..." Elspeth smirkit as she lookit doon it on page 28
"Oh! Aat's me stuffed," said Elspeth, leavin three-quaarters o her on page 29
Also on pages 30, 31, 32, 33
47 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
cond he wis awa. This shocked Elspeth mair than him haein been ther on page 6
'Aye, thanks,' Elspeth said. 'It's a braw wee cottag on page 7
'That's awfie kind,' Elspeth said, 'but I'm fine, really. on page 8
ore the schuils went back and Elspeth didna want tae lose ony time. on page 10

7 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Pass up fae Aiberfyle, Queen Elspeth Forest Pairk an the Brig o Tu on page 65

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Fergusson, the mony talented Elspeth Buchan, titched by Goad and l on page 59
Elspeth Buchan spiks on page 62

2 matches

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