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The word 'contest'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
contestOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.81613
ORK - Orkney
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 21 2 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 contest in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
It wis naw contest. Teenie Baxter skytit on a ba
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
d https://t.co/PGl8van2zr The contest closes on the 28th February 2(2018)

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
says it's a condeeshun o the contest that baith pairties should we on page 90

2 matches

General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
te on TV caud Eurovision Song Contest, and as fer that song that wo(2018)

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
national, the Eurovision Sang contest for minority languages, that'
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
his isnae a fuckin popularity contest, Aldo’’ he challenges me.
ese two tae play oot a starin contest.
2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
a gallows rope there wis nae contest, an they countit theirsels lu on page 107

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
we baith dive intae a starin contest.
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
tak on Sodom an Gomorrah in a contest o sins, an win ootricht ... A on page 31

1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
THE WEAVIN CONTEST
1 matches

Coyne, Hilary The giant’s wife – or Ailsa the irked, (hilarycoyne.com/ 2021) Central, prose
wantit at first. Mair o’ a contest really. Get the lads out to w
1 matches

@ionafyfe tweeted
eat Scottish Bake Aff. Just a contest tae see how many butteries th(2020)

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
@ClydesdAileen Nae contest ??(2020)