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The word 'customer'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
customerOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.93322
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 1
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.3 4 3
WCE - West Central 17.8 4 3
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
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 customer in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
on. An guess wha wis her best customer! on page 11

1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
t's worked ower mony retail / customer service jobs ower da years I (2021)

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
The wishes o a customer on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
pickit up the slippery customer. "Oh no!" he shoutit as his g on page 61
"Tak ma last five year on aat Customer Service desk," said Roy, sigh on page 86

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
oppie, fur Daith wis a steady customer, an Minnie's uncle Peter hid
1 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
; an aat's keppit for anither customer.' on page 76
'Ay, aat's me. A'm the customer. Daev ye nae ken me?' He was on page 77

2 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
ayne, i'barber shaves anither customer on page 126
Servin a customer an smilin awa. on page 136

2 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
customer wis a retired school teacher
1 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
ricPhrases it's fly time an e customer hiz left mi aleen in e hoose (2020)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
er mooth in the 'smile at the customer, look pleased to see them, ma on page 1

2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
. With Regards, Kathy McNeil, Customer Relations,
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
Customer obviously chories oot of cafe(2020)

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
e's near new," ah say tae the customer. "She's done bare ten on page 18
gleg wee jinks tae begunk the customer, Never ask fur a big roond fi on page 46

2 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 81 - Annie and the New Chairs, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
haud on! First Annie chases a customer oot the baur, and noo you pai
1 matches

@MizLiot tweeted
ork wi Spanish fowk involving customer service and they used tae lov (2021) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
s gled tae keep sic a regular customer, ane wha wisnae sweir tae gie on page 60
bar, there wis jist ane ither customer. This wis a mannie in his fif on page 101

2 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“He’s a bloody cool customer,” sayed Bill. He leukit at
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
tae argue, eh? He’s a good customer. Get doon there.’
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
, that’s why I’m a repeat customer!’ he sais, openin it up an
1 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
an misdootfu glower. The last customer in the place looked somethin on page 141

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
rshall thinks he's caught his customer at a free period wi some gowd on page 72

1 matches

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