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The word 'abbey'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
abbeyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.13326
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 17.7 7 6
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 2
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 37.4 3 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 97.3 7 5
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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of abbey in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Fit time does the Downton Abbey Christmas special stairt on G(2016)
fe who was worried about Deer Abbey being demolished because she (2018)

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
kaims flinders banes an auld abbey on page 3

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 73 - Obituary for David Ogston, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
fresco ceremonie, in a ruint abbey on Inchcolm Islan, the ootcum on page 12

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
e lookin forrit tae seein the Abbey. Of
see the Abbey. Jonsar Eck thocht it wisnae
2 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
o the winding gorge Below the abbey tower: on page 3

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
an the set ae Downtown fuckin Abbey ah bite back "Wait, Who's 'yo on page 127

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
w pley (extrack) Voices O The Abbey Waas (a vairse pley, i the Sc
1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
the auld abbey kirk - the phalanx o former
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ess. They're noo at Newbattle Abbey College, Newbattle Road, Dalk
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
-up collegianers at Newbattle Abbey College, juist ootside o Dalk
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
high st. Saw auld pics of the abbey too. Totally different, and i(2020)

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Frae the monks o Buckfast Abbey, on page 31

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
nation Stane oot o Wesminster Abbey a couple o year earlier) broc on page 43

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
fae Abbey Craig, jist north on thi on page 43

1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ieved-on sclates frae Paisley Abbey, the’r naething o the perio
1 matches

General Central

Shepherd, J. Barrie Lallans 82 - Glenluce Abbey , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Glenluce Abbey on page 56

1 matches

Robertson, Sine Lallans 59 - Newsins fae SLRC, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
LRC is organisin wi Newbattle Abbey College, tae be helt at Newba on page 87

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
t stent taks in the clachan o Abbey St. Bathans throu widdit kint on page 65

1 matches

@RickHJohnston tweeted
meal. Had a walk in Newbattle Abbey grounds. Hibs 0-0 efter 1/2 o (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
In Westminster Abbey how long ye've lain on page 28
At Arbroath Abbey, where was signed on page 29

3 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
an abbey, by thir semi-steamin trees, on page 45

1 matches

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Waterloo Tower, New Abbey on page 191
reachin the New Abbey road. The sun dragged on page 192

2 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
whase climb frae New Abbey tae Colvend gied us on page 11

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
New Abbey Villagers on page 31

2 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
Ah bide up the coast near New Abbey and ken Dumfries just fine. G(2020)

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
onks that yinst leeved in the Abbey
1 matches

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
#UlsterScots heid in Ards Abbey wi #sadnessinhiseyes https:// (2015) twitter link