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The word 'pregnant'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pregnantOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.81912
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 1
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 3
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
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 pregnant in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
w whin shü fan oot Sarah wis pregnant at sixteen. on page 22
, an whin he fan oot shü wis pregnant he disappeared ower da horizo on page 37
little wirt. An whin shü cam pregnant an mairried (as you did dan), on page 77

3 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
k wis gaun weel, his wife wis pregnant, an his brither-in-law Brian
aun, he could hae time wi his pregnant sister Jenny, fa wis stertin
2 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Spleet Doric joke aboot a pregnant wife tellin her husband added(2014)

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
wer the Bruntland Hill like a pregnant black mare ower a dyke. on page 118

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
e better fur hersell than git pregnant tae a man that widnae look ef on page 1

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Gray’s daily wumman, faain pregnant wi Gary in the fag-en o her f
1 matches

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
o,” Gus went on. “She got pregnant, mind I telt ye?”
e toss Angela oot for getting pregnant tae a wee fanny frae Falkirk.
2 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Emma drapt a bombshell, She's pregnant. An she's no even gota boyfri on page 58
he jist fun oot that her ma's pregnant. on page 108
Carrie Anne Walker's dog wis pregnant. She says if she's allowed sh on page 169

3 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ll-rigged sailing ship, and a pregnant woman. Maybe whit he ‘saw
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ot makin the mistake o gettin pregnant at eighteen like hur. Ah cann on page 12
ssion that if she hudnae fell pregnant at eighteen, she'd be in medi on page 34

2 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
ae that. When ma best pal wis pregnant Ah niver touched her bump wan(2020)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
rth 30 yr ago... His wife wis pregnant wi their first, and we were d (2022) twitter link

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