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The word 'ceremony'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ceremonyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.41813
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 21 2 2
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 14.6 6 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 24.8 4 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 2.6 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 ceremony in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
pe wi the time an place o the ceremony. Ilkie een maun bring a bottl
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
ts wye. Micht jist bide fir i ceremony, free scran and then scarper.(2019)

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
The openin' ceremony wis plain but fair, Like oor on page 29

1 matches

The Flying Pigs Use of the common good fund for slap-up feed merely follows in grand old tradition, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
ery romantic alfresco wedding ceremony, by the benches outside Soul
1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
" A speirt oot he cam, makkin ceremony o't. "Ye the heid yin?" on page 3

1 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
al. A coffin, a wee prayer, a ceremony. That's whit aa the best psyc on page 64
movin or else ye'll miss the ceremony." on page 88

2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
stom, haed tae cairry oot the ceremony o Ridin the Mairches o the bu
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
The ceremony wis opened bi Dr Sandy Tulloc
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ma auld man wis at the openin ceremony when the commonwealth games w (2021) twitter link
@Cowden81 was at the opening ceremony wae ma faither (2020) twitter link

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
d efter brakfast the’ war a ceremony that wis observed ilka ouk it
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
wi my granfaither tae a grit ceremony,” she sayed by wey o introd
he colours o the rainbow. The ceremony has been celebratit for that
he meal an performt a blessin ceremony, chantin an spirklin aabody w
3 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
h estaiblishment nature o the ceremony wis emphasised when the Queen on page 15

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
e read the hale actual waddin ceremony, jist tae mak the play seem m on page 135

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
n’s a Man’ at the opening ceremony.
1 matches

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