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The word 'funerals'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
funeralsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.3119
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
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
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 funerals 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.

Orkney

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Funerals in Lockdoon on page 32

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
y suit! Da suit du's worn tae funerals fur da past twenty years?" on page 38

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
iv deen. Folk said at gaun te funerals wis is only social life an, i on page 74
impty pews. He mynd oan ither funerals he'd bin at: grievin widdas d on page 76

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ot at. It's ane o yon 'green' funerals - it's aa aboot gaun back te on page 14

1 matches

General Northern

@JoanHenry7 tweeted
@LBC Speaking about funerals, I heard two blokes say (this (2023) twitter link

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
ye shidnae be allowed tae huv funerals this close tae Christmas. Sav on page 22

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
are aw at each anither's funerals on page 52

1 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - Three Waddins and Fowr Funerals - a monologue, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Three Waddins and Fowr Funerals - a monologue on page 59

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth For the fat romantics, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
they stert daein catering at funerals. As we’re lowered doon in o
1 matches

South East (Borders)

The Westender Mairchers did oor toon prood, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
ict that oo remember.Military funerals in the Borders in recent time
1 matches

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