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The word 'esther'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
estherOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus15.1504
ORK - Orkney
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
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) 1444.7 44 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of esther in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
“Esther! Esther Young! Get aff my bike!”
“Thief’! Esther Young’s taen my bike!”
2 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
es) wi the Fest o Bothies, an Esther wi Purim. on page viii

2 matches

General Central

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
ew up wi, she wis ages wi oor Esther, aw the big folk said she wis on page 46

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
"I'm Esther," come the croose voice. "Est on page 1
Esther was mair skitterie than hir l on page 2
s as weel fur some," repeated Esther, glencin at the epple tart an on page 3
"Tam," said Esther. "He teuk care o me, Mrs Gour on page 4
Maisie had taen Esther tae be in hir late twenties, on page 5
Also on pages 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
44 matches

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