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The word 'plece'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pleceOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.3142
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.2 6 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 43.8 7 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 plece in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
hermos flask back in the owid plece bag And then, hid's back tae on page 64

1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
an he hed the plece ti hissel. Abuin aw els, Tamm
“Ye hae a sufficiand plece o haud heir,” sayed hiz sis
wi the chimla-stauk i plece. The panser stoured aff doun
ill-plece an the Deil wes sittin bi hiz
iz guidwyfe brocht him ti the plece whan the herriein o the Borde
6 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
rie pairt o a tung maun be in plece sae it wul can be uised as it on page 26

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
In a wie plece cryed Monastier, in a seil-fu on page 1

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
me wes Januar eir 1916 an the plece a ruim in the gryte Nirski Pa on page 1
rene alabast cruisies, an the plece swoumit in a cauld grene lowe on page 2

3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
t a nyow kirk ir merk a halie plece we wul hae the richt kinna co on page 43

1 matches

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