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The word 'couples'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
couplesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.21412
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 3
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of couples in Corpus

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Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gallows Ha - A Spell o Good Wather, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
at least twenty couples prancean, on page 31

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
roon the center o the Haa wi couples hurlan by. on page 81

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
At least twenty couples prancean on page 157

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
happily along, han in han, in couples: they were all decorated wi h on page 76

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
bulb at swung fae the widden couples. Ah'd lie an chaa a bit strae on page 88

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ly enjoyin himsel noo, as the couples teen it in turn te stan up an on page 59

1 matches

General Northern

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - The mornin o the waddin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
olk get merried onywye. Maist couples here hate een anither, spend on page 98

1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
o a Dysart pictur-hoose Young couples dinna want ti be seen: on page 18

1 matches

West Central

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
y lookin fur lone families or couples or anyhing they can find.
1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
pair up against each other as couples. Him and his wife, gone heid on page 34

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
an promisin tae gang back; or couples wi ten shilpit bairns, tryin
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ckin intae yin ae the locals. Couples are wonderin aboot lovingly,
1 matches

Glasgow

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
ame on the edge of the shore, couples strollin airm in airm, cloudl
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
rrily alang, haun in haun, in couples: they were aw decorated wi ha on page 78

1 matches

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