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The word 'holmes'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
holmesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.7154
ORK - Orkney
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 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 53.2 12 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
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 holmes in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
e didna need ti be a Sherlock Holmes ti tell fae the wey they walk on page 38

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
ALEXANDER HOLMES
is that the time". Alexander Holmes shot oot o his bed at an
Alexander Holmes. Noo the twa o em hid been oo
n. As Hazel watched Alexander Holmes tryin tae pit on his
As Alexander Holmes an Towser set oot on their wa
12 matches

General Central

Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
for a third time. It was Mr. Holmes, the Ethnic Minorities teache on page 37

1 matches

Ahmad, Nyla How We Celebrate – scrievin prompt, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
e wirds frae Escape by Rupert Holmes, they’re gey specific, and
1 matches

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