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The word 'dramatic'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dramaticOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.92921
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 21.2 16 10
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 1
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 dramatic in Corpus

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Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
oaps flypin aff dir masks fir dramatic effect every two seconds when (2021) twitter link

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
a wee laach tae hissel. Affa dramatic, he thocht, bit then Jeems wi on page 86

1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
4. THE YAD (The most dramatic cascade in the Falkland Estat on page 63

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Yous could say its a kindae a dramatic monologue." on page 50
struction. It wisnae even his dramatic entrance that caught ma atten on page 100

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West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
her eyes at me an made a big dramatic sigh, It's obvious, she said, on page 110

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
s’ naitrallie daels wi less dramatic aspecks o Scott’s life, but
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Edinburgh

Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
Ye micht think ah'm bein ower-dramatic but consider this: at yin o t
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grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
lut, he sais afore giein us a dramatic kiss on the cheek an walkinâ€
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Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
closes ower her notepad in a dramatic fashion. She sighs. on page 10

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Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
; aw moorland an atmospheric, dramatic skies fur as far as the eye c
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General Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
bonny craftsman in the Scots dramatic tongue, said in 1958 in the ' on page 36
ots in pleys scrievit fir the dramatic theatre. An the phase A jaloo on page 37
on, the pley wis split atween dramatic scenes in Scots an higher dic on page 40
tial in itsel. It is a proper dramatic tongue that cin deal wi ony s on page 44

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
e Dialect deliberate like for dramatic effect or for tae steer up an on page 19

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ae Co'peth in the east wi its dramatic heuchs leukin ower the German on page 65

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - review, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
nit til for the funns o a new dramatic tradeition? on page 109

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
ation system, has seen a fair dramatic turn-aroon in its fortunes in
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
t thir plays are important as dramatic wirks in their ain richt and
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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
by tae think on whit wey thir dramatic owersettins add their bit chu
ntemporary and brither in the dramatic muse, gets a luik in anaw, wi
kit tae tak preesoners in his dramatic texts – and up tae a pynt h
rac and Phaedra. Lochhead’s dramatic voice sets the tone for thir
4 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
r tae the SNP were a lot less dramatic nor they were a year syne or
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
steners wi her mony voices an dramatic presentation.

@OliphantWullie tweeted
@pars_retro Great game and dramatic endin !! Rare Skerla goal add (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
a sudden dramatic surge and spike on page 8

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Paterson, Stuart A. Here’s the Weather, (Scottish Poetry Library 2017) Central, poetry
a sudden dramatic surge and spike
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