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The word 'killers'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
killersOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.1108
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 killers in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
When hid comes tae passion-killers, they wid tak first prize, I on page 46

1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
heme wis exposed whan the twa killers murdert a weel-kent hure. A p
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Killers on page 49

2 matches

Dundee

@d_anderson878 tweeted
a sair fit. Vet gied her pain killers bit she winnae bide aff it an(2020)

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
is. “The weemen is the real killers here. Kamile - her brither t
1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
uik an aith tae hunt doun the killers o Njal. Whan he cam tae the F on page 14

2 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
We aa resent his killers, hate them. on page 25

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Frae thieves tae limmer killers on page 41

1 matches

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