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The word 'divers'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
diversOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.1106
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of divers in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. New Lambs, Owld Stone, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
best no tae say. Red Throated Divers caalan ootside. Peedie lambs
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Thir wis deep sea divers in the baths the day. Ah swam on page 13
tin: it wis aw aboot deep sea divers an how they can get this dise on page 91

3 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
Thir wis deep sea divers in the baths the day. Ah swam
1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
sts focht alang yin front, wi divers hirds tae the fore. An Brodir on page 14

1 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
tae exposeetions o a wheen o divers things, lik kerry mitts, mini on page 127

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 63 - Stravaigin The Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
u’ll like iver see an watch divers feed the warld’s lairgest i
ne life an hae a tryst wi the divers an learn hou tae ken a sherk
2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
gst the Clouds, which were of divers Colours, as Red, Yellow, Gree
1 matches

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