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The word 'partner'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
partnerOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.83218
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 46 10 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 1
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 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 partner in Corpus

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Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
No partner fur me, alone in me swings on page 153

1 matches

Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
nding someone shopping we dir partner and no facemasks aboot da 1 w (2020) twitter link
e @Tesco to turn awa someones partner and remind dem dats its suppo (2020) twitter link

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
"Each wi a lobster as a partner!" sade e Gryphon. on page 96

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e dinna wint te find yersel a partner." on page 51

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ther second when that perfect partner may be out there waiting for on page 36

1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Banff looking to partner up with its Canadian namesake (2020) twitter link

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
partner.
1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
shabbily even, by his former partner.
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
f, so here he is, my drinking partner Bert. Bars open soon https://(2016)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
Ma partner in crime attempts tae play pe
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@fedupboredstiff ma partner isobel was there yesterday yv (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ly lost. Simple Semple wis ma partner on the tapes an he's as thick on page 17
s an huvin tae curtsy tae yir partner, ma favourite dances are the on page 22
aw so's the boys could pick a partner. Kelly Marie wis made tae dae on page 26
TREGIJO + PARTNER on page 53
fur life. Tommy Campbell's ma partner fur cookery an he thinks this on page 85
Also on pages 123, 169
8 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
ly lost. Simple Semple wis ma partner on the tapes an he’s as thi
1 matches

Percy, Ely The Family Situation, (The Interpreters House.org 2020) Central, prose
subjects an he’s her cookin partner in Home Ec. He looks lik a ri
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
reer efter the death o’ his partner Roy Williamson an’ wis take
Yi' lost yir partner an' friend,
Your partner's soul, there by your side,
3 matches

Glasgow

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
. Feel free to tell your desk partner about the best book you read on page 7

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
create a deeper bond wae yer partner an that, an the other is aboo
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
’m Jacqueline O’Henry’s partner. She cannae come tae the phon
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
. Feel free to tell your desk partner about the best book you read on page 8

1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 73 - Ceilidh, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
for a partner: on page 115

1 matches

South East (Borders)

@cammyrudkin tweeted
amieginger173 he wudni find a partner onyways ging #midget(2012)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Cartmill, Claire Three score years an ten, (Ballymoney and Moyle Times 2014) Ulster, newspaper
get the chance tae see their partner hame.
1 matches

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