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The word 'fossils'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fossilsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3106
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 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
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) 164.2 5 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of fossils in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
last trace o us until we’re fossils o the future.
1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
in fossils on page 3

1 matches

(South) East Central

Le Marie, Nicole nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Last Day At East Wemyss, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, poetry
l the end itself, not hunting fossils on page 87

1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
toffee, rock, wee gemstones, "fossils." Such a comfort. Lit the wee on page 3

1 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
an whit's burriet in it: fossils - like the rig-bane or fit-d on page 100

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
rie gless bell domes fillt wi fossils, insects an butterflies. She on page 48
he dust o a hoose draughty wi fossils o the past, in exile frae the on page 49
ne. Margaret cudnae thole the fossils in the jars ony mair than Sal on page 51
"I gien the fossils a guid spring clean whan ye w on page 56
oot ye cud proteck them there fossils frae ruinous gunrays bae turn on page 57

5 matches

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