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The word 'dentist'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dentistOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.44118
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 63.9 11 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 20.6 8 2
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.1 10 4
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 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of dentist in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
t at I hedd ta gying in ta da dentist, an dey wir a lokk a wis sitt on page 72
min at wis been spaekin at da dentist's, cam alang. on page 74

2 matches

Nicholson, James Lallans 58 - Do whit du’s telt, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Noo mind, gae streght tae da dentist efter schul." on page 17

8 matches

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
oon when I wandered in but da dentist wis really good. da whole rig (2019) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
quo she. “It’ll be the dentist insteid.”
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Puir wife telt bi dentist she needs 3 fillings sae ah g(2016)
t of rock. Off he pops to the dentist https://t.co/fKjTutLnVR(2017)

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
e neen waur than gaun tae the dentist." Ned
1 matches

Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
, fits wrang wi ye is it the dentist thats pittin ye aff yer mate?
Nae winner we fear the dentist.
2 matches

@daleser23 tweeted
@JohnPDrummond fit dentist is this now john?(2013)

@Franwella tweeted
How come I went tae dentist on Friday n have had friggin (2011)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
hud the boay booked intae the dentist before the poor sod even hud on page 34

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
st ask the fm n her man n the dentist lol (2020) twitter link
ickharvie aye mr leitch wis a dentist - eer pal lol - hates fitba (2020) twitter link
d is now along wae the former dentist - a complete laughing stock (2020) twitter link
ead this folks - who is this dentist - sorry prof ffs lol - ur g (2020) twitter link
b fooled guys - hees only a dentist who appeared out of nowhere w (2021) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
McPhee. Sir, McPhee is at the dentist, shoutet Laura McNish. The tw on page 47
epressed, an Harpreet had the dentist tae go tae at lunchtime so ah on page 100

2 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
wa she wis fae her gp. An her dentist.
1 matches

General Central

Matheson, Ann Lallans 84 - Attrition, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
hard, wha wis comin oot fur a dentist, deid in a blatter on page 8

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
a caa back fae the emergency dentist. Got the third degree fae a n(2020)
Dentist refused tae help me acause Ah(2020)
elt me tae phone an emergency dentist fae a list on the NHS website(2020)

@raiphsays tweeted
beginnin a March! 2 trips tae dentist an wan tae a hostipal!(2020)
in masel wan efter a go tae a dentist!(2020)
A need tae go tae a dentist oan fursday... Aw hink aboot (2020)
Cheerin masel up drawin... dentist furra wee scaly polish amorra(2020)

@rattlecans tweeted
prescription you got aff the dentist? LMFAO!" (2022) twitter link

General Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
Do they have the same dentist?? Thon Paisley Lundy will nee(2018)