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The word 'parties'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
partiesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.12012
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.7 5 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 49.9 4 1
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of parties in Corpus

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Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
An patties end up bein parties. on page 135

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Tame Hogmanay, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
family ‘New Year’s Eve’ parties, tae planned ‘open hoose’
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
oose afore ony big dinners or parties were given.
ce but they didna hae ony big parties, jist a puckle freens noo an
2 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ckers. Economy boomin, street parties every other day. THE WHO cons on page 54

1 matches

Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
ckers. Economy boomin, street parties every other day. THE WHO cont
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
lled in full from the various parties - verdict - one hell of a d (2020) twitter link
the tories n the snp - both parties are a disgrace btw (2021) twitter link
ffs noo the political parties r considerin how many folk ca (2020) twitter link

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
nk he and I were at different parties.”
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
- fur all she thinks family parties are the be-all and end-all. M on page 1
ae call them, tae stick their parties where the sun doesnae shine. on page 2

2 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
"We all dress up for parties, on page 52

1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
g a carry oot for their hoose parties. https://t.co/6NpdhenoHd(2020)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
at voting for indy supporting parties would count in a de-facto ple (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
ins That’s reet! Those other parties and its manifesto dinnae help(2020)
either o these twa political parties! They dinnae help us in NE, n(2020)
but cannae vote fir any other parties in Newky?! ??????(2020)
cation. a feel that political parties are nae help until SNP!! (2020) twitter link

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
O the singin an dancin, the parties thair'd bin. on page 30

1 matches

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