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The word 'orcadian'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
orcadianOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus17.25714
ORK - Orkney 437.2 44 7
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 14.4 11 5
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 orcadian in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
The tailors o distinction fur Orcadian men and boys. on page 46

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
bekis it is written by real Orcadian spaekers - and the content i on page 1

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
in the shared speech bubble o Orcadian - on page 25

1 matches

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
Whit wey d'ye spaell wirds in Orcadian? on page 8
n; often 'eerie-orums' too in Orcadian, but hid originates in the La on page 9

7 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Hids awful grand tae hae Orcadian on page 125
Withoot haein me Orcadian turned on page 135

2 matches

Parkins, Hazel Lallans 67 - Fower Poems efter Rilke, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Orkney, poetry
(wi author's glosses o Orcadian uisage) on page 58

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Haggis tasting notes, and whisky pairings, (Brisk Northerly 2019) Orkney, blog
pshot, and pair wae Scapa the Orcadian single malt – because a ref
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Tame Hogmanay, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
likeminded neebors sharing an Orcadian culture. Wur traditional fowe
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
publication in 1880 o his The Orcadian Sketch Book, a little-read ge
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
anguage tae the fore. Spaekan Orcadian or Shetlandic on the radio ha
aal conducted in rich, broad Orcadian or Shaetlan.
It wis a revelation for this Orcadian viewer tae hear some pretty g
ive could it be tae script an Orcadian/Scots dialogue tae accompany
4 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
tradietion yir writan in: in Orcadian, as in ither firms o Scots, t
wey fock ir spaekan nou, hou Orcadian is interactan wi Engliesh nou
esh nou, or hou attitudes tae Orcadian ir chaenged ower time. Thir w
ou tae shift me mind tae uiss Orcadian tae taak ayont Orkney. Fir wh
gaan tae see hid as wrote in Orcadian, an so read hid as in pert ab
9 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
The Orcadian yeusd tae the left is an eksp
ryt aboot differ weis o deuan Orcadian irthografee, an the suksesis
all the unkin nordik vools o Orcadian in mee tung’s raech, bit A
A lot o fok fae lang-taim Orcadian femlees sweech a geud bit teu
he taim, bit swichis tae brod Orcadian whan spaekan tae lokals askan
14 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
son878 @molach95 'Am deun' in Orcadian. The ..eu. sound is said to b(2020)

Shetland

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
ins!! Now I’m dreaming of an orcadian version of a skekler costume (2020)

Mid Northern A

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Later A can raise a gless tae Orcadian freens an fowk lik @SimonWHal (2020) twitter link

General Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
y Islands Council statit that Orcadian isnae a Scots byleid but a se on page 9
d signage and street names in Orcadian. on page 18
y cleir in their evident that Orcadian is different frae the stauner on page 44
e luikin fur reassurance that Orcadian haes been conseedert and wull on page 45
peakers in Orkney wull cry it Orcadian and speakers in Shetland wull on page 49

6 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ts an hit's gey different til Orcadian Scots. Willie daesna speak on on page 38

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
til AD 900. Moffat reckons ae Orcadian king submitit tae Rome in AD on page 110

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
as ony right native Orcadian. on page 107

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
Glaswegian tae Dundonian and Orcadian. Tak tent that, aforesyne, th
1 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
n a luik at a blog scriven in Orcadian Scots: https://t.co/EIumqn2CK (2018) twitter link

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