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The word 'rapid'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
rapidOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.5159
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 5.2 2 1
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 40.2 8 4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
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 rapid in Corpus

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(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
nolds elc dont do asap - the rapid response squad will b oan the (2021) twitter link
whit nxt - did thae send the rapid response team tae move the bi (2020) twitter link

West Central

Cunningham, Liam Tam, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Bellshill, prose
ftir me n ma horse. They were rapid bit no is rapid is ma horse.
bit no is rapid is ma horse.
2 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
lled the Roadrunner, cos he's rapid. The elder wans hud told us a on page 3
it ready tae bail up the back rapid, troops' Danny nods n sticks on page 34
aught. Ma maw hud been textin rapid n Addison's maw hud been phon on page 49

3 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
e fairy lights are gawn heavy rapid man it's like a fuckin rave u on page 173
the other polis is over at it rapid style. 'Ye cin have itif ye w on page 176

2 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
aud ay the cunt, gien him ten rapid tae the dish. His gang ay wee
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
a couple ay digs tae the jaw, rapid, fae the two eighteen stone l
1 matches

@johnstone_shane tweeted
back oan thi scene by ri wiy. Rapid. (2021) twitter link

General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
belt wance mair an engaged in rapid fire. on page 43

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
l servans wrate aboot "...the rapid growth in interest in the Uls on page 121

1 matches

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