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The word 'egyptian'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
egyptianOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.586
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 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
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 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 egyptian in Corpus

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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
da river hoopin dat some Göd Egyptian wife wid be gled o a bairn an on page 15

2 matches

General Northern

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
e's a group o islands aff the Egyptian coast whar some o the pharaoh on page 40

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
y chokin oan his drink. ‘’Egyptian cotton, yae ken how much that
‘’Egyptian cotton?’’ ah ponder. ‘â
2 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
e Royal Wey o Edinburgh is an Egyptian pharaonic mile, on page 107

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
re presents itsel tae us, its Egyptian pyramid inspired design still
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - Mither, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Egyptian-like, on page 58

1 matches

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