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The word 'imaginary'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
imaginaryOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.71915
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 23.2 9 6
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 imaginary in Corpus

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Shetland

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
boys gaffed as dey suppit her imaginary tay fae da peerie cups.
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Fairbairn, Jamie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Banff, newspaper
ar aal quinie's guide til her imaginary isle: on page 37

1 matches

(South) East Central

Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
n tae mine awa for saut in an imaginary Soviet mine. Murray hedna ken on page 85

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
His imaginary pipe; a whiff from the gents, on page 60

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Unner the plinth o imaginary moniments; on page 23

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
reet an he stertit knockin in imaginary nails, ettlin tae luik grawn on page 99

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
n as glaikit bi no seein this imaginary island or bi gaun alang wi hi
it', thair mime o shawin the imaginary kilt is a joy. The rhymin lyr
2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
in the simmer,” the scent o imaginary roses an a faurawa mindin o b
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
I can figure oot a way for my imaginary friend Bob tae text me ??(2020)

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e am ah supposed tae pit this imaginary kennel. Karen said, Oot on th on page 169

1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
is ben the hoose Chasin’ an imaginary moose A heard a yelp an’ th
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
y greent tae gang back til an imaginary place.
ck the rhythm an he raised an imaginary spear, carefu, for the sake o
2 matches

Glasgow

Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ing down the path pointing an imaginary gun skywards while shouting,
1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
the wrang way, hudin' oan tae imaginary wee slivers an' crumbs o' cak on page

1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The Potemkin Pairty, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ss literally several fowk, as imaginary thrangs o fowk hail this bear
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
imaginary westerly swaying the mariner on page 50

1 matches

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