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The word 'casual'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
casualOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.42417
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 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 17.7 7 5
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 2
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
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 casual in Corpus

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Shetland

@tattooedselkie tweeted
tae face up tae the fact that casual racism exists.(2021)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
t awa in front, tryin te look casual. The place wis absolutely ste on page 40
," said Ronnie, tryin te look casual an sober aa it the same time. on page 61
n his jersey an tryin te look casual, "bit Ah've ariddy lookit. In on page 87

3 matches

General Northern

@beast_afc tweeted
erdeenFC @RobMacleanSport Bit casual boys. Should hiv the tux on f(2020)

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
yeir sonsie face! (Seeminlie casual) But tell me, guidwyfe, what on page 48

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
aun. Still git the buroo tae. Casual, see?' Kin mibbe stall her ti on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ven here" ah add as ah take a casual peek aroond the room, jist ta on page 34
lin some blood thirsty fitbaw casual come derby day at Easter Road on page 87

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Naebody steps across it, casual-like. on page 19

1 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
pt yer haunds ahent yer back, casual like, then raxt an scratched
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
baith jump oot the motor. Me, casual, him, a wee bit uneasy. The s
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ight though, it wisnae jist a casual conversation aboot dairy prod on page 99

1 matches

Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
ric are tae be heard in ivery casual blether - in corridors an ca
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
vver existit. Aye, richt. Sic casual racism is standart fare whan on page 115

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
a casual laugh. on page 38

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
en Chinese men daein the same casual lawbourin as him. He passed a
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
oud jist introduce hissel, aa casual lik. Bit the time fur thinkin
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
y’ve aw goat the uniform ay casual leisure troosers an polo shir
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
beak. He’s tryin tae act aw casual but ah kin tell his arse is g
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
the boay the other week; the casual indifference tae it or whit,
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ely registers; just the usual casual racism an xenophobia, spewed
1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
evenin, said the wee prince, casual-like. on page 59

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
things lik that. She’s that casual aboot it, she can jist walk p
1 matches

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