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The word 'colleague'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
colleagueOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.21716
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 4
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of colleague in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
CityClarky an @KCrommie - ma colleague @scotgeoclass plans tae folla (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
chael Scot as a relative! And colleague! Think it throu! on page 8

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Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ted the phrase in applaudin a colleague's buke (that wesna impeccable on page 96

1 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
I thank my colleague Angus MacDonald for bringing
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Neachtain (Ireland) jyned his colleague an gied the report his ful up
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
g, oor spiritual leader an’ colleague, known tae me as St Maux. She
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
n’ aside aboot Marathons. A colleague o’ mine had a neighbour wha
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Yer colleague is oan haliday in the sun on page 39

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
. Ah know noo. Yer delightful colleague doon the stairs informed me b
1 matches

General Central

Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
morn tae cover for an absent colleague. He had spent his lunch hour on page 37

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
speakers. Ma venerable Bella colleague, Billy Kay, bein telt in the
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
As a colleague an supporter o Richard Camero

@OliphantWullie tweeted
ney Me an aw !! Gied it tae a colleague about then an she enjoyed it (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
Short answer is Ah answered a colleague's phone when he wis in a meet(2020)

@fairpechtoot tweeted
mpire biscuit). Telt a German colleague that they were cried 'German (2018)

South East (Borders)

@officialAliRed tweeted
friend (who was murdered), a colleague... and now a cherished member(2020)

General Ulster

@HurchinHome tweeted
Yesterday's highpoint: colleague describes gait as "glaiket".(2018)