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The word 'expensive'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
expensiveOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92322
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 3
MNB - Mid Northern B 111.9 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 10.5 8 8
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 expensive in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
e present tae mesel - a very expensive malt. on page 81

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Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
utiful Gaelic voice ower? Hou expensive could it be tae script an Orc
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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Souns bloody expensive an aa," grumphed Morrice, ris on page 7

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
's age-reversal treatment wis expensive, bit sae wis trainin new dugs
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Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
harge o her stall wi some gye expensive lookin ornaments put me aff m
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Mid Northern B

Robson, Euan Peelie wally, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
e o these ornaments were affa expensive and precious so a hid tae be
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(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
amage done. Equipment stolen. Expensive stuff.' on page 1

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
feedin oor bairns the latest expensive, shuggary cereal for brekfast
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West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
it though. It wis quite an - expensive bike an Karen's dead careless on page 40

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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
licence, tho they were kind o expensive. Gien the amount o crime aboo on page 104

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Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ll the trips I’ve paid for, expensive presents - ”
ht intae the warld tae suffer expensive medical problems. Hsien seems
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Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
pretendin tae talk on Paul's expensive new Cybershot. People ir turn on page 27

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
earin jumpers that look baith expensive an like thir fae JD sports. T on page 3

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Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
men, an had claes that luikit expensive. She also wore mair claes in on page 23

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General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
lts wi weemen that are wearin expensive gloves. Och aye, I'm up tae h on page 39

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Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
ng. You are putting me off my expensive dinner. on page 4

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Thoumire, Elizabeth Daein it yersel, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
satiable drouth for the maist expensive ink on the mercat! It’s nae
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McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
s for ane o the maist glitzy, expensive, capitalistic sportin occasio
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@_Erinboyle_ tweeted
et fitbaw is rare. Strips are expensive. Young people are being depri (2021) twitter link

@DABArbuckle tweeted
bringin back the cripplingly expensive TV licence. They rely oan the(2020)

@rattlecans tweeted
ee Wee Fuckers who arrived by expensive car were *no immediately* on (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
bringin back the cripplingly expensive TV licence. They rely oan the(2020)

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