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The word 'exam'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
examOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus62012
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
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 31.5 3 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 1
WCE - West Central 26.6 6 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
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 exam in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
tely wi dee shargin aboot her exam results night an day." on page 24

1 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
ns you see on fb postin aboot exam results is da proud parents (2020) twitter link

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
Jeems took the exam paper fae the invigilator, ca on page 85
up his pen, an stared at the exam paper again. Syne he looked d on page 86
ffa weel, he hidna passed the exam either. His brain buggered bi on page 91

3 matches

General Northern

Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Leaves, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
el sat atween twa nuns in the exam hall. The holly, stuck wi yal on page 23

1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
question wis optional in the exam an disappyntment wis mintit o
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
S.E. DUffs First Language Exam
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
d this conversation aboot wur exam results a million times, aboo on page 169

5 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
got full marks in the General exam an then a two fur her investi
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
The mornin ay wan such exam fur English, McDade an Pearce
Ah went intae ma exam, school polo shirt near hingi
2 matches

General Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
ots leeterature either in the exam or as pairt o coorsewirk asse on page 50

1 matches

@IshbelMcF tweeted
s on the cairds tae be an SQA exam an aw.(2018)

@LairnScots tweeted
Burns fir the Higher English exam? Try oot oor online, interact (2019) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
reminds me of my days marking exam papers where the kids didn't (2020)

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