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The word 'ace'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
aceOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus62012
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 22.9 7 3
MNB - Mid Northern B 223.7 2 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.3 4 2
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 ace in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
i git let off wee heeps, it's ace! Noo we hiv grown up it isna
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@FaeFoggie tweeted
ndy_Reid09 @AberdeenFC Iss is ace. I'm wirkin on i Broad Hill. (2019)
@sunscreem Ace min https://t.co/gGIgXn8Bd3(2019)
@Nicolejunemcka1 Ats a ace name for his doggie. Fit kind(2019)
Auld school transfers. Ace https://t.co/15owStQem9(2020)
RobertsonUK @Rebellion Dredd. Ace fillum. Gaan til rewatch it i(2021)

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
@BBCScotWeather Ace watergaw! (2020) twitter link

Mid Northern B

@McGoo1888 tweeted
oan tae each other laffin wis ace...she wis oan mah shoulders a (2021) twitter link
Be ace fun...wandering aboot England (2022) twitter link

Aberdeen

Abel, Charlie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
Efter an ace sell't oot Iron Broo Christma on page 25

1 matches

General Northern

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
At wiz ace and the the Volvo is fine an (2019)

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
've got a prile o aces - the ace o herts, the ace o spades an on page 58

3 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
em it tight brother - u were ace big man! (2021) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
imes, aboot how she's gaunnae ace every test then saunter aff t on page 169

2 matches

General Central

Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
rnevis, Lorn Macintyre, Black Ace Books, Perth, 2008, 256pp., Â on page 127

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
Luiked at Ace's profile an noo Ah'm achin f(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
The weather's buzzing, magic, ace! Nae need fir distance, healt on page 77

1 matches

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