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The word 'cities'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
citiesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus13.24330
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central 92.7 2 1
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 63.7 6 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 3
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 22.6 17 13
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
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) 36.3 2 1

Occurrences of cities in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
n this peedie bunk, draeman O cities, draeman o meanan more. Or dr on page 38

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Goodall, Phyllis J. Doric Sweet Talk, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
Rose reid cities
1 matches

Thain, Gianna Far Shaddas Lurk, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
inin’, soaring past ancient cities,
Crushed intae dust. Ah cities turn intae dust.
2 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
In its twaa largest cities, on page 19

1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
zers, fitba rivalry...the twa cities need tae work closer the gith (2020) twitter link
arely an hour between the two cities by road (2020) twitter link

North East Central

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
The kirkyairds o Scotland’s cities becam battle zones. The local
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
ntial, cut aff fae mercats an cities by an infrastructur that’s
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
the castle an o its touns an cities, the spikes on the helmets o on page 75

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
vernment lingua franca in the cities an muckle touns while the nat
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
watch the real deal the york cities etc etc - plenty live stream (2021) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
in pubs an warkplaces in the cities. It's ane o the delichts o be on page 66
lies wuid gaither in touns an cities, particklarly roun the New Ye on page 70
aimlie hooses in the centre o cities turnit ower tae short term le on page 90
. Bairns gettin killit? Haill cities an the environment gettin tor on page 122
voys gangin thru oor touns an cities on page 150

5 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
fer fowk tae be movin tae the cities fae aff the land. on page 82

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
ough. Correctly namin capital cities ae countries ah'd never heard on page 35

1 matches

Purves, Jamie Lallans 102 - Aince, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
An the buirds! Thir wir cities o buirds. Tall stacks wi rock on page 14

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
will beat the cities doon, an fell the trees, on page 112

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
chs, hills. Beasts and birds. Cities. Awa frae the smeerit gless o on page 17

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
neon lichts flashin' a' aboot cities an' toons an' hillsides an' p on page

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
wis wan o the maist important cities in the world thanks tae the y on page 74

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Whan stoury deserts mark the cities' daith on page 29
The lanesome muir an dinsome cities thrang: on page 63

2 matches

Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ony man haein seen the muckle cities sae weel-kept, willna rest ea on page 43

1 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
ethnic communities in siclike cities. Onywey, an auld bodie wes br on page 10

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
anaw. Scots is a leid ae oor cities and toons, hoatchin wi fowks on page 3

1 matches

Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
His cities are a concrete Hell on page 54

1 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
t Gaelic, whither in toons an cities, or in areas wi laich populat
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
peakers gaithert in the major cities.
but the fact remains that the cities o Scotland wisna representit
2 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
rm that apes the patter o the cities, but is no ayewis as hamelt a
ie Scots and the patter o the cities, cleekin Scotland up wi aw th
2 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
raivelled tae aa Scotland’s cities an regions wi the Yestival To
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
oond Gaelic-medium schuils in cities sic as Embra, Glesgae, Aiberd
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
de, cycle mair een i winter i cities, an hae a lesser populatioun (2020)

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
story stuff!! Mair than other cities and toons around us! https://(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
an burnt ilk day an nicht in cities whummelt, kirnt on page 77

1 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Some lik' the big toons and cities, on page 28

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
Sartin cities tuk tae task on page 9

2 matches

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