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The word 'myths'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
mythsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.51812
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 92.7 2 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 13.3 10 6
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 myths in Corpus

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Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
ivin an life tinkin, is baith myths ta shoard up da sam conclusio
1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
n the history an explodin the myths o the last twa thoosand years
y an history. The few damagin myths aroond them ar the sneckit lo
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(South) East Central

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
tifice but ill-kyndit tae ony myths o purity an authenticity. Coo
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
It's full o myths on page 85

1 matches

Edinburgh

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
"Myths and legends, the deadly plagu on page 9

2 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Cubismo Part III, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
(shades and myths)
1 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
sets oot tae dae awa wi mony myths, while mellin speirings intae on page 130

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
e aboot the leid an the monie myths that oor politeicans haes sib on page 121

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
s, traivellers' tales, wather myths, the Tarot, the lore o the Fo on page 91

1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
tation o Medea. Aw they Greek myths were jyned by yae William Sha
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
ocht tae yaise siclike origin myths or ‘ethnic ideology’ fur
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ena Blackhall, Scottish Urban Myths and Ancient Legends (Stroud:
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
o its ain mythology. National myths are as muckle aboot aspiratio
We ken Americae’s myths. Liberty (the statue is ane t
uribus unum). An sae on. Guid myths. Guid aspirations. The makkin
win short o its ain beautiful myths. I hae said nocht here aboot
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