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The word 'pete'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
peteOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.82511
ORK - Orkney 99.4 10 1
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 1
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
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.7 3 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 pete in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
And Pete fund life unbearable withoot on page 50
Said Pete, "This is wan argument that y on page 51
Pete didna want tae rush her, or t on page 52

10 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ure. I go oot wi my auld boss Pete Ellis and learn aboot Merlin/(2019)
ill, and best of luck Jan and Pete x https://t.co/53y9mo5K68 htt(2020)
expressions ?? Well done Jan, Pete and helpers! X(2020)

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
'Whit's wrang wi ma hair, fur Pete's sake?" he said. on page 54

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
y Robertson an thi fleh Fifer Pete Cura aka Milton Balgoni. An t on page i

1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Fur Pete's sake on page 22

1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ower Dobson's heid!' answert Pete. on page 22

1 matches

Liddell, Faith Eemis Stane 1 - Ghaist Yairn, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
(Fur Pete) on page 19

1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
gae frae here? Wull this, as Pete Wishart haes suggestit, be th
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
o in ma eyes! Nothin can beat Pete's Dragon! Hae a fabby week ah(2015)

@Chazzbat tweeted
is bad feelin Ah've got aboot Pete. #Lucifer(2020)
lly wish Ah'd bin wrang aboot Pete. ?? #Lucifer(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
hy there wis nae dinner, then Pete got it for askin’ where mit
wee Blair boy’. George and Pete started getting it in the pla
rning. A silly thing, really. Pete grabbed me and twisted ma arm
3 matches

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