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The word 'profession'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
professionOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.41812
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 17.8 4 3
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 4
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 profession 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.

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
d eighties were heroes o thur profession, who persevered tae bring thu
1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
ts. It wisnae sic a glamorous profession, an wis aye ettlin tae brak o
1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
braw hobby but a bluidy awfu profession an that shut him up!" Clancy on page 98

1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The Herd's profession, defined bi seasons; on page 16
'The Doactirs profession wisnae fir me - on page 145

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
, containin his musins on his profession an hou he wes daein himsel at on page 6

1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
wee lesson Aboot the literary profession
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
members o the Edinburgh legal profession. Howivver Sterling an Low had on page 27
licensed peculators o the law profession, tellt them that they ownit t on page 83
uasion - ye cuidnae cry it a profession wi the lot that hung oot in S on page 100

3 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
The Herd’s profession, defined bi seasons;
1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
Syne I chaise anither profession, an learnt tae pilot aeroplan on page 10
'I hae an awfu profession. It wis fine an guid in the l on page 50
an last is a bodie wi a real profession!' An he lookit aw aroond at t on page 54

3 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
their ilkaday work. The legal profession, tae, wis aince a bastion o t on page 13

1 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
a. Syne, in the mainner o her profession,
1 matches

@ThonJacobite tweeted
ers. Ah gied 20 years tae the profession and ah kin say wae aw honesty(2021)

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