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The word 'islands'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
islandsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus28.69538
ORK - Orkney 59.6 6 5
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 63.7 6 2
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 70.9 54 13
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 111.6 8 4
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) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of islands in Corpus

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Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
in the paeceable islands o Orkney. on page 25

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
The Orkney Islands on page 37
hills are dark and lofty, the islands green and low. on page 48

2 matches

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
fferent perishes an different islands hiv thir own weys o spaekeen on page 8

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
o wur islands. They ken that aa o nature on page 59

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ough I can normally see three islands - Shapinsay, Auskerry an Cop on page 14

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
fae in Nicobarese (Andaman Islands), Comanche (USA) and Záparo on page 85

1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
fokk at move oot tae Scottish Islands fir dat sam reason. Please th(2021)

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
o school holidays on those 2 islands (2020) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
(equal heichest tae Shetland Islands Cooncil). A farrer brakdoon b
iversity of the Highlands and Islands (UHI), BBC, STV, local media
2 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
ily fan ye compare the Canary Islands wi Scotland, for example. Oot
Scotland, for example. Oot on islands sic as Gran Canaria an Lanzar
2 matches

General Northern

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
: Weel, no. There's a group o islands aff the Egyptian coast whar s on page 40

2 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
visit three islands in ae day. So neest day Jonsa
1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
wer moontains and jink atween islands wi the wan jump. The goddess on page 14

1 matches

(South) East Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
on the wast coast an' in the islands that they spik aboot the fish on page 34

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
on, the Wee Brither finds the islands o Skye, Muck, Rhum, Eigg an â
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
n a really fancy the cayman islands v canada in a wcq later on - (2021) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ty o life an culture in these islands. Weel, that's aw cheenged nou on page 48
the 'fringe' nations o these islands. An alang wi this suppression on page 61
re onie Roman landit on these islands. on page 99
t haein nae historie in these islands - showed plenly hou the Sewe on page 102
e nae richt tae bide in these islands, whither or no yer spouse is on page 113

5 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an thi islands we wir, on page 87

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ntin in the wild areas atween islands o habitation.
ntin in the wild areas atween islands o habitation.
2 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
irra bit, up north a bit, the islands a bit, then Glesga. Maw fae I on page 3

3 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
an St Vincent in the Windward Islands. on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
ither wee braes Papped y like islands in the sea. And ye could hea, on page 26

1 matches

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
islands in the hyne-launds - on page 76

1 matches

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
* Orkney Islands Council on page 3
vernacular communitie in the islands wi the linueestic crisis that on page 5
o Scots Leids, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Time fur Incluise on page 9
the Gaelic communities in the islands - the airts o 20 per cent or on page 12
Peteranna frae Highlands and Islands Enterprise greed wi the impor on page 14
Also on pages 17, 18, 21, 24, 25, 27, 32, 34, 44, 45, 49, 50, 58, 59
26 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 104 - Whaur Div Ye Belang Tae?, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
lang socht tae bring the hail islands o Albion an Irland unner thai on page 40

2 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
es an ran a pipe baund in the islands. When I chappit her door in W on page 8

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Wir we that young!, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
thi aching quaiet o thi Islands, on page 48

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
ndscape o hills an straths an islands wi a sea o ammonia lippin agi
1 matches

gov.scot Biggin a strang future for Gaelic an Scots, (Scottish Government 2022) Central, government
term uisit for the Heilans an Islands o Scotland. Hou an iver, ther
1 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
term uisit for the Heilans an Islands o Scotland. Time wis thit the
The Heilans an Islands o Scotland hae traditionally
olicy approach o the National Islands Plan wi hits Island Communiti
3 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
the first in the hail o thir islands tae mak a successfae flicht i
otland an ither pairts o thir islands forby. Whiles feegurs wis see
for a SETI programme for thir islands that wis syne cryed UK SETI R
ony ither place in thir hail islands. We noo hae the scientific gr
4 matches

Scottish Parliament Gaelic and Scots in Scotland: Whit daes the census tell us?, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central - Edinburgh, government
can be seen, the Heilans and Islands pairlamentarie region haes th
12%. Ootside the Heilans and Islands region, Glescae Soothside and
tion, at 28%. The Heilans and Islands region haes the smawest saict
st forwart in the Heilans and Islands pairlamentarie region. Hooani
0 respective. The Heilans and Islands region haed the smawest numme
5 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
eak a saet on the Hielands an Islands leet, but the ugsome, scunner
1 matches

Widmann, Thomas The State o Denmark, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
the fower MPs frae the Faroe Islands an Greenland).
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
estern Hielans and west-coast islands o Scotland. Hooivver, it isna
dit faur ayont the west-coast islands and western Hielans. It wis a
estern Hielans and west-coast islands - the larach o the Gàidheal
3 matches

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
bin oan a boat trip roond the islands. Howzitgoan? (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
he 40.7% o folk in the Orkney Islands that speak #Scots https://t.c (2020) twitter link
48.8% o folk in the Shetland Islands that speak #Scots https://t.c (2020) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
fae the schemes tae the islands, fae high-rise tae glen. on page 8
s bide their time tae swallae islands driftin in their dwyne. on page 77

4 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
n be heard. The loch his derk islands that monie try tae win bit th on page 51

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
seen in thir islands. on page 24

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Here’s the Weather, (Scottish Poetry Library 2017) Central, poetry
fae schemes tae the islands, fae high-rise tae glen.
1 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
her wis a big loch wae widded islands
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
stretched fae Antrim tae the islands aff the wast o Scotland? Or R
1 matches

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