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The word 'langest'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
langestOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62221
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 9.8 3 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 2
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of langest in Corpus

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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Nordern lights on da langest night :)(2014)

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
aw aat, a theink eis weis thi langest eit a hid been awa fae Boddim on page 65

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n Ah canna decide fit face is langest." Alec clappit Hairy, fa wis on page 71

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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
the langest, fitest teeth a rubbit cud wi
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General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
n the Caibinet-vricht' is the langest," answer't Deedledum, giein h on page 51

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@cligeey tweeted
@oilypaws Langest nicht(2020)

(South) East Central

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
ngus MacDonald for lodgin the langest motion that I have ever seen.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
jerk that he'll no forget the langest day he has to leeve."
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West Central

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
festivals that hae been gaun langest are thaim that were foondit o on page 56

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
o kinna irraiglar lenth. The langest, in fack, is Chapter 5, ‘Re
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Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
that for yersel. The warld's langest-rinnin sitcom is nearin cance
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General Central

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
'Gonnae see wha can lowp the langest, you or me?' on page 56

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Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
n - s, eg: ‘Them that lives langest sees maist ferlies,’ ‘The
Thae (or ‘they’) wha live langest see maist ferlies’ an ‘Th
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 63 - Stravaigin The Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
can snuve alang the warld’s langest unnerwatter tunnel ablo a mil
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South East (Borders)

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
dung doun its langest brainch.
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South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
nna sport o tentin whae bides langest oan the shore an whae's the f on page 77

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
wud still be fechtin the langest on page 10

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East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
rend McCready, the man wi the langest legs an the largest feet she on page 39

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General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
ummer maves alang an past the langest day in June, on page 47

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Synthetic (no region)

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
k jist tha yin box - fur tha langest pairt, bae tha gate.
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