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The word 'libraries'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
librariesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.8267
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 17.1 7 1
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 2
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 130.1 13 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of libraries in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
an thair mithers an faithers, libraries, an schuils athort Scotland h
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
wis gien oot bi buik-shops an libraries an forbye that fowk wis able
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
r o thaim haes been pit up in libraries, surgeries an the likes o Mus
for siller for aw the cooncil libraries in Scotland? (Ed.)
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ubscreivers, readers frae the libraries o Lothian an internet readers
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
raxed oot tae the schuils an libraries, it soonds lik a richt guid p
leid an baith the schuils an libraries forbye. We wunner gin the'r o
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West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Mrs Phelps said, 'that public libraries like this let ye borrow books on page 13

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
talkin aboot closin half the libraries doon. on page 169

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Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
n Burgess Meredith lootin the libraries an tryin no tae mak ee contac
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General Central

@OliphantWullie tweeted
4 @emmagraeauthor We hae hale libraries FU o books in Scots Fred and (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
nars are haudin wird hunts at libraries across Edinburgh this month! (2018) twitter link
ingle card pilot for Scottish libraries launched - BBC News https:// (2017) twitter link

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
* In the public libraries thaire shud bae: on page 9
The penel engaged wi' Libraries Norlin Airlan tae deepen hit' on page 52
* Programmes o' daeins - Libraries ir leukin fer daeins wi' in t on page 53
cultural fabric, fer example libraries, museums an' festivals. Hit s on page 672

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