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The word 'egypt'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
egyptOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus93016
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 29.1 5 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 19.6 6 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 137.6 3 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 2
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 65.6 1 1
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) 90.8 5 1

Occurrences of egypt in Corpus

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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
selt tae an important body in Egypt. on page 13
ey wissed dat dey wir back in Egypt. Hit wis dere dat dey gied up on page 16
brocht you fae your trachle i Egypt whaar your mesters ill-traeti on page 75

5 matches

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
his mither an mak het fit for Egypt, an tae bide there till sic t on page 8

4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
r Americay, or the Pyramids o Egypt."
an edder. Birds an edders in Egypt maun aye, they thocht, hae bi
2 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
yakkin on aboot the Plagues o Egypt: Bleed. Puddocks. Lice. Flees
1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
oot a different axis. Doun in Egypt the Pharos war biggin their m
Ye can think o Egypt as the epicentre o human deve
ent the day as Syria, Jordan, Egypt an the rest war pairt o a bra
3 matches

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
ied her shop. It wis bleck is Egypt’s Nicht inbye acause it hid
1 matches

West Central

Aitken, Jim Lallans 104 - A Pauchle o Thochts oan the Middle Aist, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
uit wan anither. Britain gote Egypt an Jordan an whit we cried th on page 26

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Leavin Baldoon fir Egypt's sunny climes, on page 87

1 matches

General Central

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 82 - Holy Corners o Auld Scotia, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Jordan Lane, Nile Grove an Egypt Ferm? on page 56

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
Owre Europe he jouks, intae Egypt he jinks on page 22

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
nthony Eden's gaun til invade Egypt they cuid aisy cry up aa the on page 65

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
tions that kythe, Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Greece an Italy ar aa til th on page 5

1 matches

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
an accident wi a parachute in Egypt (he wis a commando, an focht
1 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
dreary plains o' Flanders tae Egypt on the Nile. on page 44

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Egypt spared fae awfal fate on page 15

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
Joseph an Mary flee awa tae Egypt on page 2

5 matches

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