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The word 'porter'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
porterOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.11712
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 17.8 4 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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) 2369.7 1 1
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 30 3 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of porter in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ease, nice couple." A grinnin porter siddenly appeart, liftit bait on page 8

3 matches

General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
ng afore A wis feenishit an a porter cam ta tak iz
1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
“Porter, I’ve got a tin chest!”
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The Porter's keys jangle't oan evri step on page 51
Ah work as a hospital porter nou, on page 78

3 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
ges Athort the Warld', Steven Porter taks tent o 'Galician', an in on page 7

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
A porter cam tae Geordie's door. on page 112

1 matches

Edinburgh

Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
case), an i Lallans 82 Steven Porter gied us a braw insicht intae on page 107

1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
Thirr's fuck all but kitchen porter positions, which is aw I'm qu on page 3

1 matches

General Central

Porter, Steve Lallans 74 - Gone Wi The Windae, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
owerset by Steve Porter
1 matches

South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)

BardOfMilebush Untitled poem, (Reddit 2017) Ulster, poetry
urns's fame Men like Thomson, Porter, Orr, the Rhyming weavers all
1 matches

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
@CalJamieson I ken James Porter fae Greba was hanged ootside (2014) twitter link

@HurchinHome tweeted
. 'Mae Mither’s Tunge'. Hugh Porter 'The Muse Dismissed'(2015)
Hugh Porter's 'Author's Preface' which fo(2018)