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The word 'pliss'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
plissOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.6123
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.5 6 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 1
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of pliss in Corpus

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Shetland

Williamson, Christie Shaetlan an compoonds a da richt, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2014) Shetland, blog
whaar some eens is happier a pliss-nem belang ta some theoretica
1 matches

General Northern

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
oury types lurkin aroond this pliss. Ah felt safer workin in Barl on page 40

1 matches

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ps. Maw streeched thaim intae pliss. Some o the plaister stakk am on page 37

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
thegither ye wadnae luk oot o pliss in Burma.', on page 27

2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
echtit the coal pail frae its pliss afore the muckle bleckleidit
the letter hame in the furst pliss.
idea sprung frae o the furst pliss. Tho Wullie’s Dad maintaine
3 matches

General Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
time he rin a duster ower the pliss an gat rid o aw the speeders' on page 18

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
a like size, bit haein a fire pliss instead o a reenge lukked a w
richt tae him. Gey alike the pliss he’d jist cam frae. In fack
2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
r grannie wadnae lukked oot o pliss in thaim. In fac the buits, a
1 matches

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