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The word 'massage'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
massageOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.2178
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 19.6 6 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 17.7 7 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of massage in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
. "He's booked you in for the massage an mini makeover at our speci on page 80
ncludes a head, face and body massage. If you'd just like to strip on page 82

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ge," said Joyce. "A full body massage wi essential iles." on page 13

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
appintmint wi wir Indian heid massage maanie; hae reglar sessions w on page 12

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
air fur the sexual safety o a massage parlour tae the ram-stam fyke
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
zer oor ma hands and lovingly massage it in. Before a deep breath a on page 178

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
e stop aff an get a full body massage on the wey hame frae the airp
the wey hame an gaed intae a massage parlour an speirt for a massa
parlour an speirt for a massage. This bonnie wee Chinese lass
ie taen him ben tae ane o the massage tables an left him tae get hi
ertit tae gie him a full body massage.
6 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
O VIOLETS. His hair and scaup massage wis aye accompanied by great on page 52

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Ootside the massage parlour yae nicht, when this on page 111

1 matches

General Central

@jax6754 tweeted
@ollyofficial afternoon massage which a got as birthday prese(2015)

@raiphsays tweeted
ail address so a sent a uvver massage! A look fowert tae hearin fae(2020)