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The word 'privilege'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
privilegeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.41815
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.2 5 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 24.8 4 4
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 24.2 2 2
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 privilege in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
re Ah'm nae queuin up fir the privilege noo. Ess cairry-oan's against on page 6

1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
age teacher at schuil. Muckle privilege. Learn Scots fae bairns ilkie (2021) twitter link

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
a pals withoot peying fur the privilege." on page 199

1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
iving threat tae the system o privilege in Jamaica at a time when it
e tattered remnants o decayin privilege while the rest o us are busy
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
events an gies the reader the privilege o bein the aw-seein wan.Enlic
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
WER twa year syne, A haed the privilege, thanks tae the generosity o
1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
the slap. “Saxpence fur the privilege o weygang bi the prevat rodd!
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
It was a privilege tae be able tae help, educate
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
s in a spirit o selliness and privilege. Mony o us actually taks a sc
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ebody competit wi him for the privilege o gaun first. Lat’s get it
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Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ble but aw the inflections ay privilege ur there. Eh speaks aboot eez on page 3

2 matches

General Central

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
l claim the lexicographer’s privilege o inflictin some wirdie detai
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
This privilege bestows on page 54

1 matches

@officialAliRed tweeted
t five years but it’s been a privilege. Will aye remember his acerbi(2019)

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
or #Scots A real pleasure and privilege tae be pairt o this! @TheStov (2020) twitter link