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The word 'assistant'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
assistantOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.81915
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 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 1
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
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) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of assistant in Corpus

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Shetland

Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Shinny is Santie’s senior assistant,” explained Pepper Minstix.
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
iran Bandara, an his Personal Assistant wis his wife Lakshmi. He'd ca
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
chynge Ah ayewis gie the shop assistant somethin tae hissel." on page 110

1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
want to work with Broon as an assistant manager? This is a mess (2022) twitter link

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
She's got a assistant nou. That's a worry, but thin
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
Cathy Peattie MSP an, as her assistant, Dave Smith, is daein the Sec
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
Pr. Fenton in his tyme wes an assistant editor on the Scottish Nation on page 5

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
eplaced by the driller an his assistant, Davie an his pals took the c on page 49
e meenister's man, or general assistant tae the incumbent at the Stee on page 108

2 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
r socks. We had a Social Work assistant who was assigned tae the grou
ce along the road! A asked ma assistant leader tae look efter the res
ey complained bitterly tae ma assistant. She said that she wid hae a
3 matches

Glasgow

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
n though ma Mammy's a teachin assistant. Naebody knows shite aboot me on page 7

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Gregor looking for a labourer/assistant for his contracting business.
1 matches

General Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
hat brocht Bill Bryden fae an assistant job at the Royal Court tae wi on page 38

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
community an aw as a teachin assistant. Ma hoose is like Annacker's on page 63

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Assistant Professor, on page 33

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
ven. You wur jist the caterin assistant.(2020)

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
merchant’s coontèr (RETAIL ASSISTANT), offys dichtèr (OFFICE CLEA
1 matches

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