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The word 'nostalgia'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
nostalgiaOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.61210
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 9.8 4 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 10 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of nostalgia in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
language experience: language nostalgia forders language memory an re
y. An thir wis a bonnie bit o nostalgia, bit thir wis gey more lukkan
2 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
explains the ‘rose tinted’ nostalgia. (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
s an the sands, but Airchie's nostalgia didna rax til aa that. The ki on page 125

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
s an the sands, but Airchie's nostalgia didna rax til aa that. The ki
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
and ye ken whit they say, “Nostalgia isnae whit it used tae be”.
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
anMusselburgh a love a bit of nostalgia - good on you m8 (2020) twitter link

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
n. An I can mind the feelin o nostalgia at the enn o the match, when on page 23

1 matches

General Central

@OliphantWullie tweeted
@RetirementTales Aye nostalgia's no whit it used to be is it (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
and whits mair kinnlin sic nostalgia fur times by on page 18

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
aid Sally, hir face bricht wi nostalgia. on page 21

1 matches

General Ulster

Robinson, Philip , (Facebook 2021) Ulster, prose
A wee bit o nostalgia frae a lang while bak, echt y
1 matches

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