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The word 'seabird'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
seabirdOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.583
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 34.9 6 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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 seabird in Corpus

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Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
photo o a Bonxie wae a random seabird as prey and it's all "awww po(2020)

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ns tae help protect da peerie seabird. #seabird #rspb #Shetland @sh(2019)
bit o help. I love dem ??????#seabird #Shetland https://t.co/KHNoKV(2018)
ss tae da usual thick odour o seabird shite (which I adore!) https:(2018)
maks me happy. #fortheloveof #seabird #poop #shetland http://t.co/b(2014)
I made a peerie seabird pic to celebrate valentines d(2019)

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
musta seen the prices in the seabird centre! https://t.co/VjPTUFT5 (2021) twitter link