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The word 'booked'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bookedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.33120
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 34.9 6 2
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 26.6 6 5
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 19.5 8 3
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of booked in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
owt we'd hiv a concert, so we booked the local hall. on page 3

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
esperation in his voice, "I'm booked to go away tonight, but I get on page 55

1 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
"I’ve booked all those folk who were wrong
ukit’ for English ‘I’ve booked.’
n ‘parkit’ for English ‘booked’ an ‘parked.’
"I’ve booked aa those wha wir wrongly park
"I’ve booked aa dem fock whit wir wrong pa
5 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ber." The wifie smiled. "He's booked you in for the massage an min on page 80

1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ff Short Breaks, Spa & Beauty booked before 29th See https://t.co/(2017)

General Northern

Wood, Evelyn Tales Fae The Doric Side - Carlo, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
Vespa scooter. We hid naethin booked, bit we set aff wi maps, Yout on page 28

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
, in the fullness o time. I'm booked in three lairs ben frae him, on page 51

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
A chalet hid been booked up be Oban somewye. Jonsar Ec
1 matches

@Franwella tweeted
so the car's booked in tae get winter tyresoff th(2012)
Jist booked tickets tae see Steps in Apri(2011)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@AberdeenFC Fa his'nae been booked?(2019)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Aldo, Dougie. He hud the boay booked intae the dentist before the on page 34

1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
missionary work in Aberdeen. Booked a fancy barbers for a haircut(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
6Douglass @ShepDep26 am fully booked fir the friendlies guys n am (2020) twitter link
ficial cmon lads get westside booked in - b a guid test for yous (2021) twitter link
will b considered as am fooly booked efter that (2020) twitter link
bingo - 6 games r booked in at an undisclosed location (2020) twitter link
ollercoaster goes on - fully booked from 2 morrow up till thursda (2020) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
hauf an oor man an we'd jist booked a lane, said Duffy, An then w on page 169

2 matches

General Central

@g_hibby tweeted
a fabulous one day adventure booked.. Bungy jumping intae the Ama (2023) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
ics fir me last nicht....even booked fir following week tae, no pa(2015)

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
yers33 Naw...we wid never get booked again. ?? it was a career kil(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
h think this chappie must hae booked intae Carstairs.(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
e times when there wis a band booked for the pub. She rarely staye on page 77

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
An booked a haw, shud it rin late. on page 57

1 matches

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