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The word 'dollar'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dollarOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.91312
ORK - Orkney
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 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of dollar in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
Anither day, bit nae anither dollar. Fit's the pynt? "Ay, fit's t on page 29

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General Northern

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
ejunemcka1 @aberdeencity Sand dollar café doon e beach(2019)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
nd is busy shakin her million-dollar erse aboot. By the time he hu
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
run by ian and kevin - top dollar garage m8 - happy tae give t (2020) twitter link
admit the livvy centre is top dollar! (2021) twitter link

West Central

Hardie, George Lallans 73 - Pop Gaes the Idol, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Hamilton, poetry
and dreams o Yankee dollar bills on page 114

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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
u can bet your bastard bottom dollar on that, boy,' spat the OIM. on page 54

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Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 83 - Phantasmagoria, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
(Reminiscences of Dollar, Tillicoultry, etc., W Gibson on page 70

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Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
change rate of the Australian Dollar on page 9

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
ot in a wally cell for hauf a dollar. on page 123

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Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
adman. He’s no payin’ top dollar fir this kinda nonsense.
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General Central

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
re's a nine mile stramp alang Dollar Glen (www.scottishsport.co.uk on page 65

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Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Gibson, Darren Oul money, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
, at sim folk caa’ed a half dollar — thon wus worth 2/6. Then
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