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The word 'highland'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
highlandOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.72821
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 3
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 20.5 8 4
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 2
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 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 highland in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
The Highland Fling wis murder and the Swor on page 3

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Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
deep braeth as you go by the Highland Park, on page 138

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Hall, Simon W. Haggis tasting notes, and whisky pairings, (Brisk Northerly 2019) Orkney, blog
e Cockburn and Son, Dingwall, Highland
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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ver a sea a purple, lack some Highland Tourist Board brochure. Na, i on page 91

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
he wore to compere the local highland games. on page 94

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Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
d instead tae feenish wi 51st Highland Division’s Takkin o Beaumon
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@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
ommunities for fitba pitches, Highland Games, and battles (Haughs o (2020) twitter link

General Northern

@JoanHenry7 tweeted
Where's he getting the fake Highland accent from? He's fae Aiberde (2023) twitter link

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Highland Clearance
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Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
i "Mc", or ye'd buy a wee bit Highland toffee, or mak freends wi an
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
a pairt o Skye's weekly West Highland Free Press. Tho they war rinn
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
s n the tories who okayed the highland league exemption and quite ri (2021) twitter link
Pacey no they should b in the highland league lol its disnae stert t (2020) twitter link
zy jake - fans get in to the highland games but away fans can get t (2020) twitter link
rce of the lowland league and highland league declaring there champi (2021) twitter link
th - and the decision by the highland leagues is a disaster n thats (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
HERE COMES THE HIGHLAND GRANNY - on page 95
hin an singiy, here comes the highland granny aw the way doon the co on page 96

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
the Laird’s Jock’ an ‘A Highland Anecdote’ ir baith seeminli
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
It's aboot oor Highland Geems, on page 86

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Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
named after, hud been in the Highland Light Infantry as a young man on page 37

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Bratchpiece, Neil The Wee Man Ft. Leo - Parliamo Glasgow, (YouTube 2014) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Highland silent raver
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General Central

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
land is Loch Tey (www.explore-highland-perthshire.com) that's weel-k on page 65

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 56 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
lads fae the First Carinthian Highland Club on page 15

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@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
larious in their portrayal of Highland life and characters.(2019)

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Those Highland views well spoke in verse on page 47

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South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Torness, Corpach an Dounreay Highland Marys an Missus Macks, on page 77

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