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The word 'diamonds'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
diamondsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.12319
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.7 5 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 diamonds in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
fts up fae the meadow And the diamonds that spark in the dew. I ken on page 67

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
m da ten Keeng's men; dey hed diamonds clestered aa ower dem, an wal on page 80

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
these were covered all oer w; diamonds, an walked two an two, as e s on page 76

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
In a puffie o rikk she hid diamonds an furs Nae dootin the wee ge on page 15

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
is lang an furly wi zig-zaggy diamonds like a streak o lichtnin rinn
1 matches

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
the brief diamonds:
1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - Rubies an Siller, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
Bleck diamonds they tirn intil siller, on page 47

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
the ace o spades an the ace o diamonds, bad luck, pal!' on page 58

2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
urghAth laddies a gem amongst diamonds m8 lol - luv the wee flushy (2020) twitter link
@steven_dunnett a gem amungst diamonds brother lol (2020) twitter link

West Central

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
street in socially-distanced diamonds, stoatin past the phone shop
1 matches

Edinburgh

Robb, Fraser Lallans 61 - Jimmy Bond, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, weans
Ah thocht Diamonds Are Fur Ever on page 9

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
: they wir covered aw aer wae diamonds, an walked alang in twos, lik on page 78

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Herts o bluid diamonds tae cut doon despair he said on page 39

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
e ten courtiers, aa hingin wi diamonds, an walkin twae by twae, juis on page 44

1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
The king ae ma hert giein diamonds in spades. on page 6

1 matches

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
- diamonds o fierce watter. on page 16

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
at harsh-strung diamonds glarin on page 40

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
chtingale, studded aw ower wi diamonds and rubies and sapphires. Thi on page 102

1 matches

Gillespie, Alan Mon the Rovers, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, prose
n midfield ye had the two wee diamonds, Micky Cameron and Danny Lenn
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ese were decorated aw ower wi diamonds, an walked twae an twae, as t on page 78

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Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
hey wur decoratet aal ower wi diamonds, an waakt twa an twa, the sam on page 79

1 matches

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