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The word 'christopher'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
christopherOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus55.718614
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 12.2 5 4
WCE - West Central 93.2 21 4
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 207.5 158 4
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 christopher in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

General Northern

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
hammer jaicket an dickiebow. Christopher Lee and Bela Lugosi micht hae on page 40

1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
a guid pal o the royals cried Christopher Moran. Moran bides doon in Lo
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ay. Aye, ah could see it now: Christopher Mathews: a captain ae industr on page 22
resemble suttin no seen since Christopher Walken at the end ae The Deer on page 42

2 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Modern Scottish Poetry, Christopher Whyte, EUP, Edinburgh, 2004, on page 95

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 57 - Twa Auld Men, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
d's haund raxes out tae a St. Christopher's medallion he aye wears roun on page 136

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
In The Middle Of The Night - Christopher Brookmyre
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ays Harpreet, After you left, Christopher Rice got hold of Sammy Semple on page 18
s named them McPish an McPee. Christopher Rice. Here. Christopher Ross. on page 47
been fur your Kirsty then ma Christopher coulda done himself a serious on page
ue what ah heard about you an Christopher Rice. Ah said, Ah don't know on page 74
nt in the Science Department: Christopher, he said, Has sumdy gave yi a on page 77
Also on pages 89, 122, 169
16 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
thinkin aboot Hogg as, mebbe, Christopher North, (John Wilson), The Hir on page 116

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
uik is kinna slockent, tho ‘Christopher Corduroy’ is nae less enter
arrator signs aff juist as ‘Christopher Corduroy’, but we becum awa
2 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
ays Harpreet, After you left, Christopher Rice got hold of Sammy Semple
1 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
becus I really wanted tae be Christopher Plummer, or at least a profes
1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
on is tae introduce folk, but Christopher Robin and his freends hae awr on page vii
hey're awfie braw hooses. And Christopher Robin has a hoose, and Hoolet on page 7
Christopher Robin had spent the mornin be on page 8
'Naethin, Christopher Robin. Naethin tae fash aboot on page 9
r. It isna Sweltrie. In fact, Christopher Robin,' he gaed on in a lood on page 10
Also on pages 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 24, 28, 29, 30, 32, 35, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 53, 54, 60, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69, 70, 73, 74, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 84, 85, 97, 98, 99, 100, 102, 105, 113, 114, 116, 117, 120, 122, 131, 135, 144, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 154, 155, 157, 158, 160, 161, 162, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168
155 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
wis a descendent o yin rebel Christopher Strang.

@Chazzbat tweeted
ctopus @alzheimerssoc Wha is "Christopher", hmmm? Huv ye got a secret i(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
Ye'll never see MP Christopher Clarkson and comedian Alan Ca(2020)

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