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The word 'sub'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
subOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.63219
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 21 2 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 19.5 8 4
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.5 8 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 2
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 sub in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
sub-par, submissive, on page 10

2 matches

General Northern

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
get maselÂ’ doon eÂ’ nuclear sub tae get fally doon foo, shite(2020)

@beast_afc tweeted
Fits the sub rules fur the semis? #Aberdee(2020)

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
's wad like eneuch, gie him a sub off his lyin time for tae pey on page 58

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
series o topicks ablo monie a sub-headin. Pert Ane, ‘Contextâ
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 108, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
seeder the estaiblishment o a sub-group wi owerance for maitter
. He suggestit that gin sic a sub-group wis tae be estaiblisht,
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
he great poet of the Scottish sub cultures...'. The breidth an
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ged an peyed for bi the Scots sub-comatee o the European Bureau
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
He uises "old Scots" in the sub-heidin an aw the wey throu hi
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ll the way defo - goodbye to sub standard meals n pints that r (2020) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
s aw their ain blame (ran the sub-text), eftir aw, they really on page 20

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
comin lads, we'll mebbe get a sub,' wis anither. The wey things on page 59

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
Monica come over tae our wee sub group. A wipe the blood aff m on page 29

1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ent - maun rustle up yer ain sub-titles tae the show. Ah dae t
1 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
* Sub-heidings tae sindry sheeds on page 9
Sub-heidings tae sindry sheeds on page 10

4 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
and drives him hame throu the sub-zero winter glaur on page 10

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ate to apply 35 paragraphs or sub-paragraphs in support of the on page 121

1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
carycath The PO we now have a sub-PO and is 45 mins walk from t(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
gist, so he shudnae spraff on sub(2020)

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ey wheen ‘ear, i the Indian sub-continent. Tae stert wi,
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
fir yin mair sub fae skinnt Broon Crabs. on page 71

1 matches

Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
is a manual fir painters, the sub-title tells ye that the buik on page 84

1 matches

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