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The word 'parchment'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
parchmentOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.3149
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 70.3 2 1
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
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 62.8 2 1
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 parchment in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
umpet in ee haand an a rowl o parchment ida idder een. Richt ida hert on page 109
dan he oppened oot da rowl o parchment, an dis is whit he read: on page 111

2 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
pet in wan han, an a scroll o parchment in e ither. An richt in e mid on page 104
e trumpet, an then unrolled e parchment-scroll, an read as follows: on page 105

2 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
est lichtly upon the spotless parchment. on page 56

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
et in wan haun an a scroll ae parchment in the ither. In the middle a on page 106
he trumpet, then unrolled the parchment-scroll, an read oot lood: on page 108

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
n the texture o yer smile tae parchment sere. on page 57

1 matches

General Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Scrievit names oan parchment bold. on page 14

1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
at John Barbour pit quill tae parchment in the 1370’s, fowk haes be
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
et in yin haun, an a scroll o parchment in th ither. In th exact midd on page 107
trumpet, an then unrolled th parchment-scroll, an read as follows: on page 109

2 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
er in yin haun, an a scroll o parchment in the ither. In the middle o on page 108
e tooter, an thin unroult the parchment-scroll, an read es follies: on page 110

2 matches

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