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The word 'scores'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
scoresOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.71515
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 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of scores in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
thumban wur oun private scores on page 5

1 matches

Aberdeen

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
tae merk aff the wee loon’s scores.
1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
Fit a day, God scores, Dons retain the league title (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
@Aberdinho Scores goals ana. Future replacement(2020)

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
nd from the East Sands to The Scores.' on page 30

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
his mooth whan the ither side scores the first o three goals an Sc
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ball in fife - thanx for the scores guys (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Miller, Wan all wis the final scores on the doors. Christ, ah said on page 35

1 matches

Edinburgh

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
y were caught bi the Germans, scores o Gordon Highlanders an oor S on page 76

1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
gh the bag while we watch the scores come in oan Sportscene. It's on page 2

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
an tetror o the Killin Times. Scores o innocents were murdered - on page 39

1 matches

General Central

Gillespie, Alan Mon the Rovers, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, prose
the second leg. Danny Lennon scores a free kick and the Rovers ar
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
A hoped oor scores were dichted clean, on page 28

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
envelope was fillt wi muisic scores an sang lyrics. She pit it on on page 31

1 matches

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
Scores on the poastbox whaur Gt Gran (2016) twitter link