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The word 'lockdown'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
lockdownOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92310
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 21.9 9 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 55.8 4 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 lockdown in Corpus

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
saw lockdown in most countries.) on page 62

1 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
rawing is goin ta be wan o my lockdown highlights, I hed a super day (2020) twitter link

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
easily enduring ower sax ouks lockdown bi staying hame protecting th(2020)
os capture Cruden Bay life in lockdown https://t.co/34fRWx3IbV(2020)

(South) East Central

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
ooked at places to buy during lockdown. IÂ’d sell up and go, but IÂ’(2020)
’s how I survived during last lockdown, and why IÂ’m on a diet now. (2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ts ok 2 b cautious - but imo lockdown should b over and done with b (2021) twitter link
that last friendly afore the lockdown - will b a cracker - best a (2021) twitter link
burghLive_ @GodsellDylan anti lockdown protest a do agree with thoug (2020) twitter link
nobody can rule out another lockdown - but enough is enough (2021) twitter link
e amateur game has been under lockdown (2021) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

General Central

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
he dain this time swear this lockdown got him deranged ??(2020)
@webcomradio Single and on lockdown, spotless hoose a the time, h(2020)

@ionafyfe tweeted
atters been a game changer in lockdown. Gies her a vote. ???? And vo(2020)
made me laugh in the worst o lockdown times. The mug just makes me (2020)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
been worried about you w new lockdown looming(2020)

South East (Borders)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
ure. Think a might join her. #lockdown #selfisolating #pooralexa(2020)

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
ltd ed 44-page perfect-bound #lockdown collab of my coronapoems and (2020)
ng in the fields eh #farming #lockdown #BankHolidayMonday #staysafe (2020)
es #coronapocalypse #farming #lockdown https://t.co/XfZgVjAZGd(2020)
nro Gonnae send youse a Scots Lockdown poem or two. Liking the mag a(2020)