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The word 'palaver'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
palaverOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.1107
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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 7.6 3 3
WCE - West Central 27.6 6 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 palaver in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n gaed throwe the hale kissin palaver again. on page 30

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
glidin yince. Looked an awfy palaver tae me. Hingin oan fur dear l on page 1

1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
im whit he thocht o the haill palaver? “Son,” he reponed, wi a
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
boyo never been intae awe the palaver oh the edinburgh fringe m8 - (2021) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
sht at the hale peerie-heidit palaver, watched Amanda Threip descen on page 108
as weel as the great hair-oil palaver that hud bleached her faither on page 130

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
the next thing thir wis a big palaver an Charlene's neighbour phone on page 45
ah'm no intae aw that drinkin palaver an that's whit yees'll aw be on page 60
er, Ah'm too auld fur aw that palaver, she said, Me an Harry are ji on page 169

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Nae exams then or ony palaver - on page 82

1 matches

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