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The word 'orphan'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
orphanOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.7156
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 1
LAL - General Central 10.7 8 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of orphan in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
yin. Bit ma mither did her ‘orphan frae the storm’ bit. Got th
1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 67 - Efter the Bonspiel, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
avaigin' dowie as the warld's orphan, on page 63

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ither - juist like ane o his orphan lambies. on page 33
1685-1711 - THE ORPHAN LASS on page 65

2 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
I'll awa and get yer puir wee orphan sisters." on page 91
"Aye aye, orphan," he said, "Up at the crack o on page 95
cht, Klaus wis the Baudelaire orphan sleepin aw ~ wanrestfu in the on page 113
The auldest Baudelaire orphan wis aboot tae grab her sister on page 122
"There's the last orphan," the hook-haundit mannie sai on page 128
Also on pages 150, 153
8 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
1. Orphan: Kennawha (1st Century BC)
ORPHAN
2 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
"Daniel's no an orphan. His ma's alive." on page 16

1 matches

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