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The word 'guairds'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
guairdsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.5216
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 50.1 8 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 11.9 9 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 guairds in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ae be stoppit bi the security guairds at the entrance, makkin oot h
ed forrit tae be socht bi the guairds fur bombs, syne bocht their t
guid. He hid bocht aff aa the guairds, wi the promise o ten years'
3 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
battlin, Diomedes and aw his guairds were lyin deid on the grund. on page 37

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
The guairds assemblet the newcomers ina r
been waarm in a month!” The guairds avoidit leukin at him, bit he
were tane inbye an yin o the guairds dressed the burns. The ither
e. The ‘convicts’, as the guairds cried thaim, had a brek at mi
s a mishanter. Afore lang the guairds that wis supposed tae dae fir
8 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
The guairds and servin quinies sleepit on page 26

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
k roond the bank tae see whit guairds there wis, and cameras, and a on page 115

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Various Attendants, Guairds, etc. on page 14
(He moves closer ti Mary; the Guairds stairt.) on page 35
Lennox: (ti the Guairds, heidit bi Douglas) on page 73

5 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
face micht betray me tae the guairds. But as he skiffed past, I sl
ynge them noo, for the palace guairds micht be efter us; an sae sui
2 matches

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