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The word 'phd'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
phdOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.899
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
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)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of phd in Corpus

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Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - The Three Hooses, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, weans
urce of research material for PhD students," says Urban Intelli
1 matches

General Northern

Carney, Don Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric, prose
by Don Carney, BA MHCIMA PhD. on page 5

1 matches

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
’s jist at the tail-eyne o a PhD in Linguistics (wi a focus on(2020)

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
nnae need some ersehole wae a PHD tae tell me that ah’m well
1 matches

General Central

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
spellin reform? Allan, in his PhD thesis (1998: 187), sees fit on page 56

1 matches

Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
ckle interest an uise tae ony PhD student!
1 matches

@iainnicol tweeted
@PerthshireMags Ye did a PhD, bit this is mair stressfu?(2020)

South East (Borders)

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
1975. In 1976-8 A read for a PhD (never feinisht) at Durham Un
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

@Angelinekking tweeted
walks :( Reading, writing and Phd unaffected. Phew! Another goo(2020)