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The word 'partan'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
partanOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.81911
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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 21.9 2 1
DOR - General Northern 26.6 6 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 39.3 3 1
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
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 partan in Corpus

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Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Noo a partan wae saw wae ur castanets clap on page 90

1 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
sam colour as a partan shell, rust cu on page 21

1 matches

Mid Northern A

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
dden ablow a hingin rock, the partan had his howff;, Weel ben ayon (2020) twitter link

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
h, Dod," says he, "fa caed ye partan-face, an ee sae like crabbie? on page 108

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
s erse wis as reed as a bilin partan; an Abbie wis screamin “Ma!
1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
Dar Oma the gray willie hysts partan efter partan syne draps thaim on page 3

2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
ir wyres. "Ye'll be cleikin a partan or lang." on page 71
"A bonnie wee partan!" thocht Ailice. "I'd be rich on page 72
ed happent. "Aat wes a bonnie partan ye cleikit!" she obsairt as A on page 74

4 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
gaun tae let gang sic a braw partan!' on page 94
weel thon day, till we et yon partan - the Deil, a Deil in the Dub on page 95

2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
s awa oot o sicht. An an auld Partan tuik the chance tae tell her on page 30
maister, tho. He wis an auld partan, he wis." "T never gaed tae h on page 44

3 matches

General Central

Shepherd, J. Barrie Lallans 82 - Crab Toon Crail, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
The partan tae the cruel bree. on page 40

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
t hame lik a bairn nippit bia partan oan the strand. on page 14

1 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
unco beast, or a partan's, hauf-shut wi the rheumatic
1 matches

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