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The word 'arbroath'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
arbroathOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.51815
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 4
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 arbroath in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
they were moving awa doon the Arbroath wye because her man hid lande
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Celebratin the Declaration o Arbroath a puckle year syne, wi the do (2020) twitter link

General Northern

@AMaxwell54 tweeted
toric_Ally ? He's a chiel fae Arbroath fa supports spikkin an' scrie (2020) twitter link

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
r fit tall. The Declaration o Arbroath, ane o the great documents o
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
ds uised at the Declaration o Arbroath in 1320.
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
since that caravan holiday in Arbroath. He’s still bitter cause we (2020)

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
airsion o 'The Declaration of Arbroath' an Gordon Jarvie an Hamish S on page 7

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
poliacs. In the Declaration o Arbroath, ane o the mast important doc on page 20
great big rosette made oot o Arbroath smokies, They'd been flown in on page 72
e ither end o the toun on the Arbroath road. By nou the haill toun w on page 107

3 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
today as is the Declaration o Arbroath. on page 75

1 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ie (1297), an the Screive fae Arbroath (1320). on page 131

1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
licable mistake - she’s fae Arbroath! https://t.co/5JqL77GDeb(2020)

@fairpechtoot tweeted
looking fir ma maw. 'She's at Arbroath' Ah says... 'Ah'll just come (2017)
billykayscot 2/2 ... she's it Arbroath. Pal says, 'Ah'll wait until (2016)

@LairnScots tweeted
scot aboot The declaration of Arbroath, here: https://t.co/eFZpNnlBx (2020) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
At Arbroath Abbey, where was signed on page 29

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
cantin the Declaration o Arbroath on page 58

1 matches

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