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The word 'inspector'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
inspectorOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.2248
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 94.4 9 1
DOR - General Northern 26.6 6 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 32 3 1
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 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 inspector in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
'Weel, A'm Inspector Mundie an es is P.C. Peerie. on page 79
'm askin masel noo', says the Inspector, 'is fither we're leukin for on page 80
h tak place?' speirt a dootfu Inspector Mundie. on page 82
t roddit, there cam a caal on Inspector Mundie's mobile phone. on page 83

9 matches

General Northern

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
onything - but my da, Chief Inspector Mackintosh tae gie him his pr on page 74

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
Inspector McChubb’s report reads like
ed between masel an the Chief Inspector at Aiberdeen’s Bucksburn in
liftit up poles tae be safe. Inspector Tait wis armed wi a rifle, wh
n a roughly single file ahind Inspector Tait, they came upon a crudel
s an the polis, maist notably Inspector McChubb, has waned, despite t
5 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Psstt, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
I’m the government inspector
I’m the government inspector wi
I’m the government inspector wi
3 matches

General Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
dium education. Houaniver, HM Inspector statit that the "extent tae w on page 41

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 104 - Whaur Div Ye Belang Tae?, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
aud for a wee whilie jist. An inspector wad caw by the hoose, speir a on page 40

2 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
nemployment office’; parish inspector ‘an officer who attempts to
1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
in o Gogol’s The Government Inspector, wi its theme o ill-deeds in
d Byrne’s in The Government Inspector is a faur, faur cry frae the
2 matches

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