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The word 'atlantic'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
atlanticOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12722
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 42 4 1
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 2
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 atlantic in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
bal. Thoo hard the Hale o the Atlantic pressan doon on yin peedie bi (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Jarl wis rowin him across da Atlantic in da Dim Riv. I kent it wis on page 51
t on his first trip across da Atlantic, just sixteen years aald. on page 93

2 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
maks up da boarder atween da Atlantic tae da wastert, an da Nort Se on page 7

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
an thein rein on paraffin, "'Atlantic's" thi wer caad, an yea hid t on page 5

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Atlantic waves sair pairtin
1 matches

Harper, Edith The Wye Athin Chynges, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2020) Doric, poetry
h o the gows cairried oan the Atlantic win
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
s missin somewey in the North Atlantic. 'Ah tell ye stracht,' he sai on page 40
'The best eens are the North Atlantic eens, fine lang cruises they on page 44

4 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
Atlantic thouchts droon oot oor fuitfa on page 3

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I'd jump in i'Atlantic iviry time 'at ye sing on page 170

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
the Atlantic Ocean meet. Noo the formation
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
uggested Sharp Objects on Sky Atlantic which she loved, I’m hitting (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
the wey hame, fleein ower the Atlantic tae Glesca, he stertit tae fe
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
wa tae St Helena in the sooth Atlantic an he nivver left there again on page 92

1 matches

Edinburgh

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
"From the Atlantic to the Pacific, from Niagara on page 136

1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
’ the DJ announces in a mid-atlantic drawl ay his ain fabrication
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
an harried away by the North Atlantic winds blawin in fae the West.
1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
tint in the braid roar o the Atlantic seas faur fae hame. The big f on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
croonin wad catch on ower the Atlantic as a vehicle for love lyrics,
1 matches

McNulty, Victoria Flit, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
lie rubbled, Atlantic puddled
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
gh flying jet heading for the Atlantic crossing up there... :) Have (2023) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
four times torpedeo'd mid-Atlantic on page 50

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
angles aff intae the Noarth Atlantic on page 12

1 matches

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