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The word 'indyref'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
indyrefOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.22410
ORK - Orkney
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 26.6 6 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 4
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 227.5 8 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of indyref in Corpus

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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
in. I'm a heart and head YES #indyref(2014)

General Northern

@glenlivetloon tweeted
Better Together? Better Awa. #indyref #yes #betterawa(2013)
those wi no faith in nation. #indyref(2014)
In every sense o the phrase! #indyref #betterawa(2013)
the telly, wi the funny moo. #indyref(2014)
the bonniest huddock in the #indyref ocean.(2014)
and 1 other occurrences.

(South) East Central

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
rainbow o emotions durin the indyref. Emotions sae pure, sae inten
yin anither in the run up to Indyref 2 isnae "Whit wey are ye gonn
2 matches

West Central

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
ht swither aboot referendums. Indyref, Brexit, even AV - when it c
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ck on the SNP on three fronts indyref, eddication an health that mi on page 8

1 matches

General Central

McClurg, Fernando Indytwa?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
, talked aboot failures o the Indyref campaign an came up wi a bett
this is a maitter time. Syne Indyref, aye less nor twa year syne (
2 matches

@RickHJohnston tweeted
he Tories and prepare for the Indyref. Whit's no tae like eh! https (2022) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
fechters like you on the next indyref campaign.(2020)

@raiphsays tweeted
ge Who?” tryin tae stitch up indyref. Whit are they scared of? Eng(2020)

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
es say. #UlsterScots for aye #indyref (2014) twitter link
: hooaniver here's what thon #indyref is aa aboot in Scotch spake h (2014) twitter link
No sure aboot this #indyref clishnaclaver: I jalouse the (2014) twitter link
A wheen o #indyref folk quotin #RobertBurns the (2014) twitter link
sure ava what it says aboot #indyref hooaniver? Aa the best! (2014) twitter link
and 3 other occurrences.