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The word 'masks'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
masksOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.72817
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 34.9 6 4
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.3 6 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.7 8 4
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of masks in Corpus

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
, jöst is du mizzled aff wir masks, on page 86

1 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
eens in soaps flypin aff dir masks fir dramatic effect every two (2021) twitter link

@tattooedselkie tweeted
@RumpleFugs Far easier wi masks, can confirm(2021)
point o bidin hom, an wearin masks whenivver we need tae geng oo(2021)
an dir fokk exempt fae wearin masks as weel. I keen it's tough, b(2021)

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
ot singing and dancin wearing masks you can aa wear dem to da sho (2020) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
biler suits werrin goggles an masks, fa then loaded up the barrel on page 84

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"An what about face masks and cleanser, moisturiser and on page 83

1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
@chaz50_duncan Mair face masks than yir average supermarket (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Grinning misers: all masks, all false, left to smash At on page 64

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ees r vehicle sharing wae nae masks on lol get oot n enjoy ur (2020) twitter link
elc employees in vans with no masks and van sharing on a regular (2020) twitter link
414525 if people want to wear masks outside in the street or in t (2020) twitter link
btw no masks on and no social distancing w (2020) twitter link
y body social distance n have masks on and sitting in groups of 6 (2020) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
the road, baith o them wearin masks an ane o them showin a pistol on page 106

1 matches

Glasgow

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
e road daein wheelies in face-masks, but here we are. Masks aside
, but here we are. Masks aside, it feels like ah’ve
2 matches

General Central

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
rods, the bare-fit people an masks o ae kin or anither, get a mi on page 91

1 matches

@iainnicol tweeted
@p1zz4qu33n Get wan o thae masks for lip reading.(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
If folk urnae wearin face masks on public transport, is it no(2020)
ial distancin, or wearin face masks. Whit a puir exemple tae set (2020)
hie Ah'll be. Thank fuck face masks ur de rigeur. ??(2020)
@FrankOctopus Few masks, nae social distancin. Fuckin(2020)

@raiphsays tweeted
get 15% aff! T-shirts, hats, masks an even stickers! Hit redeem (2020)
oap! Ats a braw Savin an acos masks take a wee bit langer tae shi(2020)

South East (Borders)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
Whey would have thought face masks were ganna be a the rage #cov(2020)

General Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
quare gunk at folks no wearin masks ??????! https://t.co/5SaHFSc5(2020)