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The word 'arches'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
archesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.6187
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 140.7 4 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 125.5 4 1
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 arches in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
der haands an feet ta mak da arches. on page 83
kle," tocht Alice, "for aa da arches is geen fae dis side o da gru on page 87
dat soldiers hed ta whet bein arches. Efter half an ooer or sae, d on page 93

3 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
eir hans an feet, till make e arches. on page 79
eh," thoucht Alice, "as all e arches are gone fae iss side o e gro on page 82
urse hed till leave off be-an arches till do iss, so at, by e end on page 89

4 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
rie place it wiz wi wee steen arches gan awa doon intae the bowels
n eence on the wye. Yin o the arches hid a door on it an this wiz
2 matches

General Central

Lang, Charles nobody remembers the birdman - Good Friday, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, poetry
in it tae take control ae the Arches. on page 88

1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Review: O is for Hoolet, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
haes aready haed a run at the Arches i Glesca, an feinishes its Tr
10/10/o-is-for-hoolet-scratch-arches-live-oct-2014/)
2 matches

@changed_days tweeted
up mawkit! Especially at the arches man, the place was black as f (2021) twitter link
al They cans remind me ae the arches man! (2021) twitter link

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
hir hauns an feet tae mak the arches. on page 82
h," thocht Alice, "es aal the arches on page 85
a o coorse had tae stap baein arches tae dae this, so that, bae th on page 92

4 matches

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