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The word 'fleet'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fleetOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.74223
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 39.2 12 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 3
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 63.7 6 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 69.7 5 2
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 10 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of fleet in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
n obsessed wi wark (he hedd a fleet a lorries noo), bit dey wir a on page 25

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
k o trade wi da Dutch fisheen fleet. Dis means at Shetlanders wid on page 15

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
we must hay catchet an en o a fleet a creel's, bit naa naa, evere on page 11
ill nets, We fower net's en a fleet. Well et wis a bonnie mornen, on page 19
ky fur us we hid shot anither fleet a net's eit thi black shed's on page 20
t boatie wis bocht en tae thi fleet irrispective a fae hid bocht on page 28
ocht thi boatie alongsyde eis fleet, noo thi booee weis jist aboo on page 30
Also on pages 51, 52
9 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
he can see me; he's young an fleet an rinnin free; he's loupin f on page 18

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
fine granite hooses. Frae his fleet o cairts, tounsfowk micht buy
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
A fleet o rooshty fishin boaties bobb
1 matches

Aberdeen

The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
Century by getting itsel’ a fleet o’ 500 “unmanned aerial v
1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
beasties fleet quately muivement on page 3

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
WEET FLEET STREET on page 146

2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
wi a tig reid rump tae fleet on the tap o the watter, an t
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
e's writin in Scots seems tae fleet mair natural like than his En
1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 74 - The Warld Nixt Door, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
fleet lown 'neth the braid ocean’
1 matches

Lawrenson, Dorothy Ranch Road 12, San Marcos, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central - Fife, poetry
o fleet watter fae the causey.
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Hou the Bruce oan a fleet hielant powny on page 128

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
were aimin tae bring in a big fleet o ships tae the East Coast an on page 25
been warkin on newspapers in Fleet Street an here's the kind o s on page 71
in London were still based in Fleet Street. In the auld days moni on page 75
bestkennt columnists in aw o Fleet Street. We'll jist cry him Da on page 76

6 matches

Edinburgh

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
The fleet Galathée slippit intil the s on page 98

1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ond tae rhythms, strong an’ fleet,
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Goat a fleet ay vans aw kitted oot, manned
1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
n cuid feel masel stertin tae fleet. Yince nor twice ma fit skyti on page 22

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
aince, twice, then - fleet as a flane - on page 93

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
he anchorage for the Breetish fleet in time o weir. A hail histor on page 110

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Deid huddies an the Moray Eel, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
han double that o the English fleet. But Dougie’s juist foond o
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
ma Fleet will sail fer Manila on page 45
mped up Admiral of the family fleet, on page 50
about fleet actions and getting sunk, on page 51

4 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
The Darien Fleet sailin the day on page 48

1 matches

General Ulster

Stewart, Kenny The Bread Van, (Facebook 2020) Ulster, poetry
O this fleet o men and tidy vans that came
1 matches

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