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The word 'serpents'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
serpentsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.5187
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 105.5 3 1
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
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 1
AYR - Ayrshire 39.3 3 1
LAL - General Central 9.3 7 3
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 serpents in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
attendan till her; "but those serpents! Air's no pleasan them!"' on page 50
es eit eiggs quite as much as serpents do, ee ken." on page 51

3 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
the poodered fangs o fearsome serpents and it wis guaranteed tae bri on page 101

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
t oan, no listenin; "bit they serpents! Thir's jist nae pleasin them on page 52
ies eat eggs jist the same as serpents, ye know." on page 53

4 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
n nae notice o her; "but thae serpents! There's nae pleasin o thaim! on page 44

3 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
prince, wis ane o thae yellae serpents that can fell a bodie in thir on page 83
ed. 'Hou are ye bletherin tae serpents?" on page 84
nt forby. He maunna stang ye. Serpents are ill-trickit craiturs. He on page 88

3 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
writhin snakes, and whan the serpents wadna bite Ragnar's teuch hid on page 14

3 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 63 - Stravaigin The Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
o the bygane yairns aboot sea serpents an ither frichtsome beasts, t
1 matches

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