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The word 'concentration'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
concentrationOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.21716
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of concentration in Corpus

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Shetland

Walterson, Barbara Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
e gruntin soonds but I saa da concentration in his fis underneat da feeti
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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
wed up an tung steekit oot in concentration. on page 19

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North East Central

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
Cabrach estate "has the worst concentration of criminal activity ever dis
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(South) East Central

Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
ecause Gowanlock hed lost his concentration. He hopit Jamie wadna feel ow on page 90

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Ma concentration withoot delay is coordinated on page 50

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West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
p lookin lik somethin oot the concentration camps cause she'd tae get her on page 169

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Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
p lookin lik somethin oot the concentration camps cos she’d tae got her
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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
maun aye mind that the first concentration camps were set up bi the Brit on page 21

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Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
cause that needit that muckle concentration. He didna come back till he f
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Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
solute certainty. It requires concentration tae follow the seemless links on page 3

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
doonstairs. Mammy wis deep in concentration, readin ma story. on page 7

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General Central

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
'There seems tae be a high concentration o shampoo, saip, wax polish, on page 5

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
doonstairs. Mammy is deep in concentration as she reads ma story. on page 32

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Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 58 - twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
rysts wi the ABSOLUTE dreep o concentration on page 95

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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
sindrie concentration camps. Edyta telt me mair for
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@LairnScots tweeted
The census map shows the concentration o Scots speakers: https://t.c (2020) twitter link

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
e focus airts at hae a strang concentration o' Ulster-Scots on page 49

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