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The word 'drone'
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Use in varieties of Scots drone Occurrences normalised per million words Occurrences Authors
Dialect map - Usage over time
Total Corpus 5.8 19 10 ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
9.8
3
1
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
23
5
1
DUN - Dundee
10.6
1
1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
18.2
4
2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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)
51.2
1
1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
32.8
1
1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)
Occurrences of drone in Corpus
In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to
the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.
Mid Northern A
Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog , (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
peared at the shank o the big drone so that wiz fit he wiz seekin
l in case it traiveled up the drone .
be nottin mair than a cracked drone fixed noo as he looked doon a
3 matches
Aberdeen
The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing , (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
hings oot here, so I pity the drone fit buzzes aboot in the vicin
1 matches
(South) East Central
Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind , (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
actory insteed ae servin as a drone in yin by pressin a button aw on page 22
Ah dae ma best tae drone these two oot. As they start on page 174
2 matches
Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa , (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
frae smitts whan thai hard a drone , lik a mukkil ingine.
1 matches
West Central
Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters , (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
Metal Mickey. Maist o aw, the drone at Number 10, yon whirrin, ha
Dover. Ah'm talkin aboot the drone o white noise, the drone that
o white noise, the drone that's pittin us aw tae sleep
s pittin us aw tae sleep, the drone that's like a bomber owerheid
s like a bomber owerheid. The drone , ah mean, o English.
5 matches
Dundee
McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit , (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
fence. Here'safew examples: a drone airplane fer surveillance pur on page 120
1 matches
Glasgow
Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency , (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
g, wi Iona playin a left haun drone in C: huunnnggggag, that imme on page 3
2 matches
Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two) , (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
, sprintin up the stairs, the drone ay his fuckin monotone voice
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good , (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
. The mare familiar bustle an drone ay cunts talkin fills the roo
1 matches
Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes , (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
t stairts oot quait, a bummin drone , on page 21
1 matches
East Antrim (Larne)
King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition , (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
dure at the drone o the fectory!" "An why no2" on page 25
1 matches