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The word 'dylan'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dylanOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.51510
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
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 17.7 4 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 22.2 5 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 1
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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of dylan in Corpus

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Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
(Apologies tae Bob Dylan) on page 63

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Bob Dylan, Jimmy Hendrix - parental mo on page 42

1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
ploomy Oxford accent o his - Dylan Thomas wid hae said he spak l on page 54

1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
There waitin wi' Dylan an i'rest o' i'crew on page 154

2 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
@johnnydee72 fazziboy? Boaby Dylan?(2016)
hae'in me on fur a sing song? Dylan yer boy cries....(2016)

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
tilda and said, 'A poet cried Dylan Thomas wanst scrieved some li on page 178

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Dylan an ah seen him that day that on page 154
een hingin aboot wi that boy, Dylan, that she used tae fancy, the on page 158

3 matches

Clark, Thomas Tae Kathleen Jamie, an ither Scots Scrievers, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
ite in Scots isnae quite, quo Dylan, tae staun naked - but it's
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
is moment some kinda deep Bob Dylan or Jack Kerouac figure, with on page 3

2 matches

General Central

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
Night Visiting Song stolen by Dylan and put into Get Away From My(2020)