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The word 'makkars'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
makkarsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4138
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
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.2 6 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
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 makkars in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
t’s whar the Italian cheese makkars craft their inimitable parmes
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
les is weel-kent, even if the makkars o the SSD didna lift it.
1 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
on Lallans as yaised bi Scots makkars an Bella scrievers? Eh jalous
doun ill-will fae baith Scots makkars an artists (wha'd want tae ke
ake an genuine is kenspeckle. Makkars scorns Scots labbyists fir pr
ntime, ither fowks mock baith makkars an pro-staunnart labbyists fi
Aa o us - Scots makkars, rebels, braidcasters, jurnal
5 matches

West Central

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
the howffs tak muckle tent o makkars... on page 143

1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
ouce Lorimers an the skeillie makkars, bot aye refarin bak ti the d on page 10
ar serrs as ane innins ti the makkars an ayont. The challance o the on page 11

2 matches

General Central

Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
ldnae name ane o the medieval makkars, on page 123

1 matches

Foyle, Ghillie Lallans 58 - The Hildebrand Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
The auld fernyeir that makkars wrocht in sang on page 87

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
al. see a chynge amang policy-makkars, awa frae the assumption that on page 56

1 matches

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