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The word 'xmas'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
xmasOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus14.44813
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 29.4 9 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 57.6 13 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 21.9 9 2
WCE - West Central 22.2 5 1
DUN - Dundee 63.7 6 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 36.3 3 2
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 xmas in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Bit Tiddles sae fu o Xmas denner, he wisna fit tae repl
“Let’s pull a Xmas cracker an gang hame” quo S
Bobbin? I saw a braw pyock o Xmas decorations AND a siller tree
, an made a secret wish ... a Xmas wish ... an syne, she sleepit
otten tae bring ye a gift fur Xmas day,” they said thegither.
9 matches

General Northern

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
gye pushed tae seek' a finer Xmas cracker. Ye can butter ma' Ja(2015)

@72redz1903 tweeted
@Rrrrnessa Happy Xmas tae you and yours fae a wee b (2022) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
n on ma fit! Just in time for Xmas. Will be wackin about like a (2016)
e or is the tv nae as good at Xmas time as it used tae be? I ken(2016)
e back! Hid tae tack doon yon Xmas tree & decorations & felt a w(2018)
the bar noo as booking a'this Xmas lunches & folk coming in tae (2018)
Yon merry Xmas tae wan n'ah! Hope ye ah mana(2018)
and 5 other occurrences.

(South) East Central

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
main st. ??. Used tae get our Xmas stuff their when we stayed in(2020)
744016 Maybe when I’m aff at Xmas ????(2020)
n they halted the fighting on Xmas day, on the western front in (2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
nnReynolds aye its no real - xmas wis ok n am happy noo as isob (2020) twitter link
o presents - no family - no xmas dinner n strictly no travel o (2020) twitter link
pop a few fotaes oan oh there xmas lights - itll cheer ma isobe (2020) twitter link
t watch it - good to see the xmas spirit aint lasted long - aw (2020) twitter link
everyone can meet up at xmas n new year guys - n thats fa (2020) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
heid caul' in the run up tae xmas day. A cannae pinpint ri exac
int ri exact day whirr it wis xmas eve ur ri day afore sin' ye t
A waant tae sit doon tae oan xmas day is turkey wi' aw ri trimm
me. A made up a marinade oan xmas eve moarnin' an' coatit ri le
As much as A fun' ri hale xmas 'hing tae be tasteless, ris y
5 matches

Dundee

Robertson, Gary A Wee Dundee Xmas Poem, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
The true meanin o Xmas, huz been lang lost somehow
The Twelve Days o Xmas, an a partridge in a pear tre
Xmas Eve, some mulk, an a carrot f
Twelve Days o Xmas, mair like Twelve Days o Hell
Merry Xmas fae Scotland, an a Happy New
6 matches

General Central

@g_hibby tweeted
hoose, up tae yer eyeballs in Xmas wrapping paper, it's better t (2022) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
at gied me the Magnifica as a Xmas praisent!(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
Like the turkey wha votes fer xmas(!)(2020)

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
n wi. A suppone the ilka yeir Xmas concert, i the Forman Memoria
piano fur oor dancing it oor Xmas concerts, an weel A mynd it o
2 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
tenfor Oslo, på Julaften (On Xmas Day, outside Oslo) ma daughte(2020)

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