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The word 'session'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sessionOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus25.38135
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 38.4 15 6
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 37.7 6 3
GLA - Glasgow 32.6 6 3
AYR - Ayrshire 91.7 7 1
LAL - General Central 38.7 29 8
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of session in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Beuy, that wis a marathon session - I wis baggan up meat in me on page 31

1 matches

Shetland

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
d ta save her, be shortenin a session, shö guid back an feeneeshed
ven, bit dunna lippen an aesy session, du's gaein ta need anidder t
2 matches

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
Forgot I had a stay and play session at E’s nursery. No swimmin f (2018) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
The Session Clerk's flue wi seet wis bung on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
sideboard. "I have a tanning session four times a week." on page 81

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
igged fur a meetin o the kirk session. Sally Bruce, her mither, wis
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
the trick. At my next therapy session I’d tae admit tae Dr Makado
1 matches

General Northern

@sovereigndaisy tweeted
ments coming oot o at Fogarty session!(2019)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
humping the day wee that dram session last night. Thought Bert invi(2017)
straight there fer effernneen session. Sunday is eyewis a good day (2020)
gover fae the previous nights session at the bar & is hare o’the d(2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
gid yin when yur oot huvin a session, lookin tae pull. The wey ah on page 168

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
Session 1 (2003)
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
2nd Meeting, 2001 (Session 1)
1 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
In the previous session we had a Scots language cross
for his work in the previous session to raise awareness. I spoke t
2 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ellan Tassie at the Sangschaw session o the
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
The twa poets in this session, Rab Wilson an Matthew Fitt,
ain country." He stertit his session bi mindin the audience o his
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
r program o meetins for neist session an ye'd like her tae come ala
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
an Pairlament, in its plenary session in Strasbourg, passed the res
t Scots MEPs, due tae plenary session speakin procedures, they war
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
speeches frae the hinnermaist session o the Scots Pairlament o 1707
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
n the race issue in a twa oor session co-ordinatit bi Stuart McHard
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
waitin wae the group fir oor session - am jist nickin ma roll up (2020) twitter link
yed a wee non contact trainin session yesterday - as a wis passing (2021) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
left in her motor fur anither session o bingo, Matilda set aff fur on page 36

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
r any more of your voice this session. He pit his heid back doon an on page 169

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ocht a case afore the Court o Session claimin that the new queen ha on page 43

1 matches

Edinburgh

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
cauld big hoose efter a guid session, it wisnae the same withoot E on page 136

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
"The Law? Mair like a Court o Session o Havers, on page 112

1 matches

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
amps an’ had a strict 3 min session, tae kep the group active, wi
Late in the session we’d dae somersaults wi’
ae get intae the gym efter ma session. As Jinty performed a perfect
had scheduled a practice pool session today. For various reasons, o
4 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
iods: Yi wid hear them sayin, session two or three' It sounded weir on page 36

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
nswers fur ma next counsellin session. on page 1

4 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
il looks forward to your next session. Namaste.’ she sais, claspi
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
. .. compeared afore the Kirk Session for brekkin the Sabbath an br on page 22
un at the Muir Kirk, the kirk session cuidnae meet for three lang m on page 34
red tae answer afore the kirk session. on page 40
He wad screive a note in the session minutes an lae the maitter re on page 41
rgusson - The Sitting of the Session on page 78

7 matches

General Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
ened wi jail by court an kirk session, on page 16

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
SP Paper 778 1 Session 1 (2003)
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
lege o Justice, ordnar Lord o Session, Privy Cooncillor an Lord Pri
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
this wull be a gey different session the SNP’s minority administ
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
Canae wait tae start ma first session, hope you got ma e-mail alrig(2014)
touch 2norrow tae arrange 2nd Session. Nicht nicht all! ??? http://(2014)
nt you an email? Jamie book a session cos we all have power tae mov(2015)
utter. #Grateful fir ma skype Session @ComeCoachWithMe ?xxx http://(2015)
ottish am I! Wait tae a hae a Session wi you efter a visit tae Glas(2015)
and 11 other occurrences.

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
sort his wab access) an a wee session an his wife likes this ane...(2020)
s! Or the fact ye canna hae a session between tea goose holds forby(2020)

@fairpechtoot tweeted
lykayscot @scotslanguage Braw session oan Approaches tae Teachin Sc(2017)

@LairnScots tweeted
Lookin furrit tae jynin the session aboot #Scots! https://t.co/7U (2021) twitter link
alang tae oor #Scots #Bookbug session the day at 2, or the morn (Th (2021) twitter link
d masel at the #Scots Bookbug session at Corstorphine library in Em (2019) twitter link
SBT are haein a Scots BookBug session at Corstorphine library this (2019) twitter link
SBT are haein a Scots BookBug session at Corstorphine library oan S (2019) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

South East (Borders)

@cammyrudkin tweeted
ti murrayfield for a fitness session #a hope a de get asked ti pla(2012)

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
_gellick - hunnerd poond per session - wile chape! (2014) twitter link