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The word 'mac'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
macOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus16.55521
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 45.8 14 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 73.4 7 1
DOR - General Northern 26.6 6 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 2
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
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) 290.7 5 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of mac in Corpus

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Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
e Bens, Glens and Straths. Mc/Mac, Clans, Tartan & Gàidhlig. B (2021) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ed Jinny an her 'best freen', Mac, a black an fite Collie. on page 17
finally admittit te masel at Mac wis indeed 'deen'. The playfu on page 18

13 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
rosie laddie fa lived aff Big Mac baps, wi a wame tae suit. Bap
1 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 57 - Mac, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Doric, prose
Mac on page 27

7 matches

General Northern

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
Mac and Johnnie fae my year are o on page 96

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
An i'mannie nivir wears a mac on page 126

1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
n fer a nip whilst doon here. Mac(2018)
ontinental wee the new Fittie Mac Burger & Thai Fish Cakes! Fit(2018)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
hrases Huggis 'e morns nicht. Mac an cheese 'e nicht. An made a(2019)
ging yer ayn wye - Fleetwood Mac #changeasongtitletidoric(2019)

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Big Tam an Mac an me on page 7
Weel Mac an me did haud oor sides on page 8

2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
depth with that statement mr mac - wheres the proof amateur f (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
lene's class are in the Apple Mac room at the same time as ah'm on page 29

2 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
gnised hum an his dirty brown mac. An’ ah moved tae the ither
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
e a died man, whitivir A did, Mac Cailean Mor, the Duke, wid se
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Gretna Thunberg demand a big Mac and fries. And it’s no as i
1 matches

General Central

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 58 - Gairm review, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Gumaraid an the umquhile Iain Mac a' Ghobhainn kythin alangside on page 126

3 matches

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 76 - Mither tung?, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
eether wir drappin birthrate, mac,
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
w the Pechtish kings, Nechtan mac Der-Ilei (Nechatan, the son o
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - The Scaffie Man’s Tale, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
t, an struggled tae pit oan a mac. It wis oanly a thin thing an on page 112

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
@MarkThompStuff Nae Mac jist an apostrophe? ?? Aye I (2020)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
shed thunnersome leid sapplin mac heid on page 30

5 matches

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
The #UlsterScots Big Mac bides in a sheilin doon oor l (2015) twitter link