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The word 'mega'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
megaOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.3117
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 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 1
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 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 mega in Corpus

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General Northern

@sovereigndaisy tweeted
acaledonia Heaton in the Toon mega busy!(2019)

@daleser23 tweeted
to see fit like fan im hame. Mega tempting(2013)

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
g how they were splashing the mega bucks about m8 - cheers for (2021) twitter link
r in for one big shock - its mega - then yule c hoos right lol (2020) twitter link
- efter awe ees r awe makin mega bucks lol (2021) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
methin an it jist looked pure mega ridiculous. on page 95
ae his eyebrows an he looked mega sexy. on page 117
spool. Ah thought it wis pure mega borin said Chris, Ah mean thi on page 164

3 matches

General Central

McLeish, Alistair Lallans 102 - Eco Cheil, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, poetry
Super duty mega-cab Bulkt-up wi barrelt side; on page 41

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
eese piece. He aimed at her a mega-muckle luve arra; it wis that
1 matches

@ionafyfe tweeted
Sic a mega nicht last night. Weel deen t(2020)

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