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The word 'actress'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
actressOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62211
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 29.4 9 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 14.6 6 2
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
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 actress in Corpus

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Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
ttin on a bit o a keckle. "An actress as well, I see - you almost on page 35

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
e eyn o ae monsoon sizzen, an actress cam ower fae England tae ente
eneuch tae keep a wee English actress in braw frocks an ootins at t
st the thing tae pit a greedy actress wi a love o jewels intae a bi
laes wi a name like thon. The actress wis gleg wi the needle, it wi
her frae rinnin awa…gin the actress hid really winted her, she'd
8 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
captured by the Gestapo. The actress wiz Virginia Mackenna and she
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
t maire stains oan it than an actress auditionin fur Harvey Weinste on page 13
the hoaspital ah even hud an actress gone oan telly wishin me deat on page 54
"A damn fine actress" Aldo said. on page 91

3 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
when it cam on. The snickerin actress, tryin tae mak oot that her w
he meenit yon puir unnerpeyed actress rolled her een has been embla
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
the hoaspital ah even hud an actress gone oan telly wishin me deat
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
a and aw, as she wis no a bad actress. They stared roond the room. on page 41

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
bi naukit picturs o the named actress, an actuallie cam afore hir d
1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ean haed ettelt efter bein an actress. She greined for bricht licht on page 28

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
I've ayeweys wantit tae be an actress, ever syne I wis a wee lassie on page 86

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
lliestopshate is an excellent actress. Ah hope they dae a sequel ta(2020)

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
an yer a weel kennt but skint actress - a rookit dame in Crookitha(2020)