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The word 'clans'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
clansOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.72919
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 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 31 5 2
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.8 3 2
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) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of clans in Corpus

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Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
s, Glens and Straths. Mc/Mac, Clans, Tartan & Gàidhlig. But no w (2021) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
t upo thrones an rowle e twal clans o Israel." on page 117

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
the Septile an Skreichmakker clans war the maist ill-faured an i
1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
ged whan aa the hunners o wee clans in verra early Derk Age Scotl
1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
hiddlins, furby. The’r sic clans heir-awaw, gin ma nevoy can
1 matches

Hawkins, Rudi None Shall Rest Easy, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central - Stirling, prose
raised ’im for gatherin the clans, those that hadnae been takâ€
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
he Lallans also evicted their clans; on page 15

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
e had a society - the Hielan clans - that wis based aroun the n on page 19
originally cam fae amang the clans or tribes theirsels. Oniewey on page 20

2 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
at the incummin o the Teuton clans as the "English" onding: "Tho on page 13

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
freins - ai! sae monies, an clans an clans o kin? It is Fraince on page 3

2 matches

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
n’ oan, ever since thon day Clans Cameron an’ Stewart merched
the Clans, that, could hae turned the t
2 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Yin nicht by the Graves o the Clans at Culloden. on page 5
lines o faimilies, caw thaim clans or wirkers, or jist fowk, on page 15
Wi aw their minute clans in greatest fealty bund on page 55

3 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
he Lallans also evictit their clans;
1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
its nae simple. Yince the twa clans o the goads - Aesir an Vanir on page 14

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 104 - Whaur Div Ye Belang Tae?, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
aes oxtert alang wi notions o clans, feuds an fechts, whiles roma on page 39

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
rkney as directly sib tae the clans o Scotland an states 'The Gae on page 110

1 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
the differences atween Heilan clans an Border families, the impor on page 127

1 matches

Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
o Licht’ an consists o twal clans, wi ilka region gied five mor
1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
Watching Blood of the Clans (Rob Roy McGregor). Cannae st(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
t ayebidin rammies, insnorlit clans on page 77

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
wipe oot the heelan clans. on page 56
Tudors an aa the clans on page 87

2 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Wilson, Glen Yarns 3 - A Ghaist Train in Portrush, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Portadown, poetry
a scaiterin o clans
1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
on thrones an judge tha twal clans o Israel." on page 107

1 matches

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