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The word 'metallic'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
metallicOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.21412
ORK - Orkney
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 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 20.1 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of metallic in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Aberdeen

The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
t catalogue clutched in their metallic claws. O’ course, we are us
1 matches

General Northern

Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
did and in he went wi a lang metallic hook poking and scrappin at m
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
boot solid banana ye clankin' metallic hoor Ye? Ony WD40 skipper? #G(2016)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ffocatin or droonin. Just the metallic taste. When she came roon, ne on page 1

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
like the squealin o a herd o metallic pigs, pierced thru the air. on page 51

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
details ae hur face among the metallic snowflakes. on page 39

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
y uncomfortable 'ae see a big metallic modern structure, sign or ele on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
The metallic rattle ay an empty can rollin
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
tartlin me wae the pronounced metallic double-ring ay the bell insid
1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
w amang the stanes wi a licht metallic soond. on page 83

1 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
Thin an gowden lik a sheet ae metallic pasta. Afore A cin stap masel on page 4

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
til atoms that maks a layer o metallic bree that fleets an birls. An
um an hydrogen bree an syne a metallic hydrogen that haps a hert lik
2 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
n ower. She stapt, mindin the metallic gratin sound in the kitchen a on page 32

1 matches

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