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The word 'upright'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
uprightOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.3119
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
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 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 20.1 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 upright in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
An honest, decent, upright man. on page 27

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Lone sentinel upright, wae reed hat on? on page 63

1 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
s face as he leans against an upright steen nearhand. He closes his
1 matches

General Northern

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
ht. Ah'm fed up sleepin in an upright position. Ah want tae lie doo on page 40

2 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
e o Scotlan an tryin tae keep upright, which wis kind o difficult w on page 20

1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ts next tae us, they sit bolt upright, heavy posh. Aw curly haired, on page 3

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
n it faws aff and sticks bolt upright in the Carpet nearly gawn rig on page 173

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
it slams shut. Tam sits bolt upright, listenin intently. ‘Don’
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
We staun the fucker up, near upright, an pivot it roon, linin it u
1 matches

General Central

@rattlecans tweeted
e, trying tae get it tae stey upright in the dish..." https://t.co/ (2022) twitter link