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The word 'cheaper'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
cheaperOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.81614
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 5
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 cheaper in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
n the gither till coffins are cheaper has just been submitted – it(2014)

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
cheaper fin they reached Spain. I wis
1 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
Sellin petrol cheaper at the pump
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
hat could operate quicker and cheaper than a pair ae hands. Honestl on page 22

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ice the size oh alandas n its cheaper - nowt but the best fir me b (2021) twitter link
50 is pricey - east coast is cheaper but a bigger portion and shad (2021) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
rip then, It's a hunner pound cheaper, ah said. Aye but that's jist on page 161

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
an inevitability. An it's aye cheaper tae tend the gairden ye've go
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
Dundee had figured oot it wis cheaper tae employ weemin nor men in on page 50

1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
light upgrade fae ma ain even cheaper wan). Humf that, huge awkward on page 3

1 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 104 - Whaur Div Ye Belang Tae?, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
an-aw. But in the 1840's faur cheaper papers cam intae the mercat a on page 56

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
e o the cultural graith, it's cheaper tae produce, an easier tae ui on page 56

1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
breid wis affa dear. In 1814 cheaper prices for inbrocht corn led
s oot, that drink wad be faur cheaper nor meat but for the stents t
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@g_hibby tweeted
'm happy being a baldie... :) Cheaper tae buy a hat... ?? (2023) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
at's sae great aboot the pub? Cheaper tae drink at hame. Tak a few (2020)

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