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The word 'portsoy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
portsoyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.4116
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
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 22.2 5 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 1
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 portsoy in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
started again at this side o Portsoy but even mair coorse than afo
e shooting on the road atween Portsoy an Banff and aboot me how ill
2 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
yed e older loonÂ’s story fae Portsoy aboot loadin pineapples in e (2019) twitter link

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Een or twa year back, atween Portsoy an Cullen ere wis a new sign
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
my wifeÂ’s contributions tae Portsoy folk sessions. Thing I like a (2022) twitter link
’d had a few pints in Shories PortsoyÂ… (2022) twitter link
The Portsoy magician, fit a player. Ryan (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
dy_40 @JackElphinstone Na Fae Portsoy ti Buckie 6 harbour walk min (2020)

Glasgow

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
noo - ye kin walk there fae Portsoy three months in the year. The
Portsoy wiz niver meant tae be secure
as that cover aa the centre o Portsoy. Ah switcht the primary back
3 matches

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