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The word 'meantime'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
meantimeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.12919
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 23 9 5
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 37.7 6 2
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 meantime in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
I the meantime, fan a crood o thoosans hid g on page 101

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@FaeFoggie tweeted
g deep and help oot. But in i meantime. North Section Water Polo is (2019)

Aberdeen

The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
Meantime, there’s secret meetings ta
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General Northern

@Franwella tweeted
tae get a panty girdle in the meantime hee hee(2011)

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
mair informatioun frae mysel. Meantime, we hae the guid fortune ti w on page 5

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
y back affa next week's giro. Meantime, I'm handin ma last twa pound on page 35
In the meantime, the Prince had foond it. Whe on page 85
Meantime, Annie arrived back at the ca on page 93

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Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
id an pittin ither fowks aff. Meantime, ither fowks mock baith makka
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Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
some creep wid nick it in the meantime. But even worse than that, th
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
b followin eos fitbaw in the meantime m8 - n picking the parks wit (2020) twitter link
y made there decision for the meantime - so whats the problem - tu (2020) twitter link
the last account open in the meantime lol (2020) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Miss Honey, in the meantime, wis makkin anither decision. on page 85

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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
an protectionist America. An meantime, whit's happenin is banks an on page 56

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
e American students an in the meantime the toun constable wis cawed on page 27

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Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
ppit efter her, craikin lood. Meantime the bease haed chased Cameron
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
n she e’er won hame. In the meantime she had a unique opportunity
er he wad deleever it. In the meantime, whit did ye dae aboot report
ckly whit happent. Bit in the meantime he managed tae plank it in th
the prepared mind. An in the meantime he had tae learn this god-dam
He mumblet somethin. Raggle, meantime, hadna tane his een aff her.
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Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ourself to a sandwich, in the meantime, he says, glancin towards the on page 58

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General Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
o bringin in Bill Bryden, an meantime hid begun tae wirk wi the lik on page 40

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Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
at the polis; and meantime, ma bum, numb on page 95

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
"But in the meantime," Violet said, "we've got tae on page 59

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@jax6754 tweeted
ain when you get chance??. In meantime hugggggsssss fae Scotland.?? (2016)

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
ie's a shout that'd be great. Meantime, hope all's good with you. Ma(2020)