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The word 'peterhead'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
peterheadOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.9239
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 49 15 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 2
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 peterhead in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
s, one in Fraserburgh, one in Peterhead and three in Aberdeen that ac
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
e sweetcorn or beans @KFC_UKI Peterhead - fa does ur ordering Houdin(2016)
it wye are the chips @KFC_UKI Peterhead always sae cauld an cardboard(2016)
e glass painting only £8 fae Peterhead Projects Trading Post. https:(2016)
ly £8 at The Trading Post in Peterhead. https://t.co/4uiRkglSk8(2016)
n £8-50 fae The Trading Post Peterhead. https://t.co/ncIMGA8UOn(2017)
and 9 other occurrences.

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
Peterhead,’ he sighs. ‘But I never
1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
Peterhead In Winter (Inspired by Burns on page 10

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Jonsars richt wis the Broch, Peterhead an he wis sure he
1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
Jist waken up at the #peterhead macdonals. Fook kens foo a go(2020)

West Central

Hardie, George Lallans 73 - Pop Gaes the Idol, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Hamilton, poetry
Forgets his hame's in Peterhead on page 114

1 matches

General Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
hes wey tae the tap o the low Peterhead Hill (cried Pee-the-Bed Brae)
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
ed an syne becam editor o the Peterhead Sentinel in 1897. He wis born
r weys. He becam editor o the Peterhead Sentinel in North East Scotla
2 matches

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