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The word 'constable'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
constableOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.4246
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 62.1 19 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 constable in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
id tae Huntly jail An tellt a constable his tale He asked the man tae on page 15

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
smaa. But fitiver, the Chief Constable wiz teen ower the coals for n
innin throwe her gairden. The constable duly noted her statement and
the detective sergeant and a constable peyed her a visit. They chapp
door but got nae answer, the constable peered in the windae but jump
The constable, still shakin, tellt him aboo
16 matches

Hutchison, Pat If I Catch Ye I'll Eat Ye, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
yed by the parish as a kind o constable faa keepit the peace. Jist as
day he got peyed for bein the constable. He got the quines tae calm d
2 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
ang o Scott an the publishar, Constable. Bot the liks o J.M.Barrie ke
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
s an in the meantime the toun constable wis cawed in by magistrate Lo on page 27
erenae onie kind o threat the constable wis sent oot tae convey the n on page 28

2 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
class. 'Sergeant Muldoon and Constable Blakley, we are ready to begi on page 58

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, Colin Lallans 73 - Auld Scots law, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
uck o an umquhile local chief constable towarts himsel. The shirra re on page 25

1 matches

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