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The word 'ernest'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ernestOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.176
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 3
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
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) 58.1 1 1
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 ernest in Corpus

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Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
early meeteen, wae lukked at Ernest Marwick's transcriptions o th on page 34

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Tame Hogmanay, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
ded o George Mackay Brown and Ernest Marwick writan oot lists o th
1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
Ernest Marwick rot a skript fir a sp
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
The Auld Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway on page 12
lives. She gaed tae Africa wi Ernest Hemingway and India wi Rudyar on page 15

2 matches

General Central

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ERNEST I done the big yins, didn’t
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
eaths in ribbons wrapped, For Ernest Scott; Wha since we met, his on page 59

1 matches

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