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The word 'offices'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
officesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.41815
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 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 2
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of offices in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
tae read that Lamborghini’s offices haed been raided by Italian p
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ches tcyauvin in factories or offices micht cweel their tarry tay i
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
naged tae work at the cooncil offices and look aifter her ana but n
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
in the basin fan the Hairbour Offices alang the quayfront gaed up i on page 41

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
e o the fower major warldwide offices o the United Nations. Veesito on page 5

1 matches

General Northern

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
But noo the fowk are in offices an shops an ahin screens. The
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
makkin plans tae shift their offices an joabs tae various airts o on page 56
n aw newspaper an news agency offices in the capital. The upshot? N on page 59
he reason that sae monie heid offices are doun in London. Bi this w on page 134
the offices o government will be spreid a on page 154

4 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
were watchin’ him frae the offices in Celtic Park as he sat in h
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
me doon the long corridor ae offices until he suddenly stoaps half
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ery single day. Call centres, offices, shops, fuckin door tae door on page 103

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General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 104 - Whaur Div Ye Belang Tae?, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
as calendars, dates, names an offices o publict offeecials, clubs a on page 40

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
rgh gentleman wha visitit wir offices the ither day was reminiscin
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Halloween, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
t tae scuils, function rooms, offices, discos, TV adverts, eatin pl
1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
. Cut and paste doon the Tory offices.(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Harper, Emma Promoting the Scots Leid, (The Scottish Parliament 2021) Central - Stranraer, government
, the chaummer, pairlamentary offices an ayont, an gies its support
1 matches

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