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The word 'agnes'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
agnesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.63214
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
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 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 2
LAL - General Central 27.6 21 8
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 agnes in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@FaeFoggie tweeted
sni like Donald Ewan and aul' Agnes? ??(2019)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
she said. “Your evacuee is Agnes MacIntyre. Agnes, say hello t
MacIntyre. Agnes, say hello to Mrs Duncan.”
“Come oan, Agnes. We hae tae run.”
3 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ver escaping and ending up wi Agnes, oor doonstairs neebour. We l
next tae the six lockups wis Agnes opposite auld Mr. and Mrs. Ur
r wid answer and their wid be Agnes , wi a mildly indignant, “A
3 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Wee Alex and Agnes though died at birth, on page 17

1 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Wee Alex and Agnes though, died at birth,
1 matches

Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
good do though - yer Auntie Agnes's wedding wis it no'?
1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
'I brocht ye some eggs,' Agnes Fraser said, breengin intae t on page 7
t's cosy enough, this place,' Agnes said. 'Noo, dinna you be blat on page 8
aw the fermer in his tractor, Agnes's man, back and fore, back an on page 9
'I'm no jist shair,' Agnes said. 'She's run awa frae a m on page 10

9 matches

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
A format. While sic makars as Agnes Adam and W. D. Cocker wrocht on page 37

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
like rotting kale. But Sister Agnes has skin like parchment and l on page 3

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
chan wabsters, in parteecular Agnes Lyle. on page 69

5 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
irrit oantae a bonnie lassie, Agnes, that he’d groom’t tae be
r or less heilan in her weys. Agnes howanivver faws for a weel-fa
2 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
like. His reader wad’a been Agnes Keith coontess o Moray (dee
1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
iam Arbuckle broke in. ‘Oor Agnes is niver bye flytin at me tae
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
chtin for the ordinary Joe an Agnes o the warld, I see!(2020)

South East (Borders)

@officialAliRed tweeted
@projecthawick Aye, his wife Agnes Wood hailed frae Hawick (I th(2020)