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The word 'emma'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
emmaOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus13.64517
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 2
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 102.1 23 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 36.3 3 2
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) 142.8 4 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of emma in Corpus

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Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
And Emma and Sarah Jane on page 17

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
play. Sisters Sarah Jane and Emma Grieve, granddowters o Bessie on page 34

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
ae the public. We join ranger Emma on a scheduled walk roond Spu
1 matches

Shetland

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
@emma_claws Thank you Emma, and do take care. There’s g(2020)

(South) East Central

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
Emma Harper (South Scotland) (SNP)
1 matches

Grubb, Adrian Bungee, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Kirkcaldy, prose
got oot the car, ma Maw's pal Emma who was practically running i
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ma Auntie Jackie an ma cousin Emma, an ah feel lik ah hardly eve on page 56
Ma cousin Emma drapt a bombshell, She's preg on page 58
Emma said if she has a wee boy she on page 59

9 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
Abby that night. Ma poor wee Emma wis the only adult present, j
the four ae them convinced ma Emma tae drive them in her new mot
t here this time ae night.” Emma complained, stannin in the fr
yous be awright e'er there?!" Emma shouted over the fence.
"Weesht, it's jist me, Emma."
14 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
e another wee burd behind me, Emma Black, huvin a similar convo on page 27

1 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
d yer bit screive for errors. Emma Grae haes wrutten oor sheed a on page 5
bi Emma Grae on page 40
Emma Grae - Necessar Scots Readin on page 61

3 matches

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 76 - Mither tung?, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
Apologies tae Emma Lazarus
1 matches

@ClashCityClarky tweeted
@ScotNational Hae a guid yin, Emma!(2019)

@RickHJohnston tweeted
Aye Emma, hard tae disagree wi any o t (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
Emma Grae https://t.co/2YZ9Eo7Gh9 (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
lection an in parteicular til Emma Leighton, the Curator o Chine on page 5

2 matches

@cammyrudkin tweeted
@Emms_321 am sorry emma a didni ken the rules #alnoda(2012)

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Cromie, Willie Doon tha Wal Raa, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1739905620) Ulster - Ballywalter, prose
who wus stannin there: it wus Emma, tha rent wummin. Noo Emma wa
, tha rent wummin. Noo Emma wasnae lukkin intae tha hoose
a tap o his voice. He cetched Emma bae tha airm an pult her inta
de guid!” Noo bae this time Emma’s hairt wus fair turning wa
4 matches

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