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The word 'swiss'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
swissOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.43011
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 71.1 6 2
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 40.9 16 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 4
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of swiss in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
haan, wi hae the threep o the Swiss reformer Zwingli, on the ithe on page 56

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
Siller: Swiss Franc on page 5
ill). Baith cheese dishes are Swiss specialities. Aften, they wil on page 6

5 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
it’s been bocht owre bi twa Swiss airt dealers. They are dichti
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
urns inti Schwytzertütsch or Swiss-German, a leid that's a lang on page 5

14 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
doon. Aiblins, apairt frae a Swiss delegate that didna seem tae
Scots or aboot his ain hamelt Swiss, the maist reportit ane o the
2 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Mouse Eat Mouse World, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Swiss prix ejaculating in the car p
1 matches

General Central

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
rd is workin awa at a ploy wi Swiss poets, an will be takkin mair on page 4

2 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
t o the German, Austrian, and Swiss naitional staunart varieties
1 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
their local Postamt. They use Swiss Deutsch but can switch to Hoc (2022) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
At the same show, the Swiss weans asked questions about t(2020)

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
WM. The real reason of WM is Swiss cheese like that! https://t.c(2020)