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The word 'african'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
africanOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.52115
ORK - Orkney
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
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 3
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.3 10 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 african in Corpus

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General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
times, as e wis a bleck African doctor. Naw. A ken whit ye ja
1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
Picked oot three stanes. The African snakestane, protection fae pi on page 1

1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
s Scottish, Irish, English an African words an phrases in it, as we
been a vehicle for preservin African words, phrases, traditions an
2 matches

Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
y onie shelter frae the bakin African sun. There wis virtually nae
1 matches

West Central

Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
t wha dreamt it tae the Sooth African granite that hauds it up. At
it cams tae leids, the Sooth African government hiv got eleiven ba
2 matches

Edinburgh

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
An African mannie sits by me. on page 98

1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
". "Started greetin aboot the African weans" "Aye ah heard yees thr on page 3

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
African name, and it's no as hard tae on page 2
at day, ablow that heich, het African sun. on page 32
alk awa hame unner the bealin African sun, she fund Poloko and spie on page 58

3 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
ings (no forgettin, mind, the African kings), seeven thoosand geogr on page 58
t gin ever ye traivel tae the African desert. An gin ye come at yon on page 95

2 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
n Akpap Okoyong, the Scots an African workers wad sing Scots sangs on page 11

2 matches

Fenton, Janet A Guid New Year tae yin and a!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
his hameland Kenya, and ither African kintries, and traivellin gied
1 matches

MacMinto, Gregor Apartheid in Ohio, (wordpress 2021) Central, blog
Aist Heich Scuil wis maist aw African Americans.
1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
@PureFitbaw Did some South African ref no do Us ootta something (2019)

South East (Borders)

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
leid at hame wis maistly West African Pidgin, at Mum, a naitral Bor
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Evie OOR WULLIE’S SEASON’S GREET, (Largs Writers Group 2015) Central - Largs, prose
oction. Keith gied us a South African tale aboot Samson, no’ quit
1 matches

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