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The word 'backgrun'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
backgrunOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.81612
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.1 10 7
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)

Occurrences of backgrun in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
romuntic meesic playin in the backgrun, an the soun o folk scrattin on page 40

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@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
c_Ally Canna wait tae see yer backgrun - Gothic? Tannadice? A big F (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - Joco Geordie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
uithfast an leal, bidin i the backgrun but aye ready tae pit on the on page 10

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - The Man Wha Jeopardeized The Continued Existence O The Universe, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
made an oorie backgrun for the still swaws o skinkli
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West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
nou be spunkit up. Again the backgrun o a Scottish Govrenment on page 8

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
her, maybes there wis a lot o backgrun distraction; she wasna shair.
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General Central

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
iscussion o the International Backgrun on page 3
iscussion o the International Backgrun on page 17

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
stushies o the time furneis a backgrun tae Agnes Lyle's chyce o sang on page 69

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
come, Jillings gaes throu the backgrun tae economic an political che on page 110

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
oon the year 1899-1904 ar the backgrun tae this novella. Insichts in on page 120

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Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ic sang or poesie, for aw his backgrun. on page 127

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
he poems here hes Africa as a backgrun. The white dresses o the menf on page 91

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gov.scot Biggin a strang future for Gaelic an Scots, (Scottish Government 2022) Central, government
Backgrun
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Thoumire, Elizabeth For the fat romantics, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
lassical muisic playin in the backgrun. An its aw gaen tae be presee
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