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The word 'prices'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pricesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.53523
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 13.1 4 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 52.5 5 3
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.5 6 4
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.5 8 5
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) 58.1 1 1
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 prices in Corpus

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Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
aff o it, it's no affected da prices too much! xx (2014) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Sandy teen a sly keek it the prices oan the wine list. on page 34

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Goodall, Phyllis J. Doric Sweet Talk, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
At mid season prices,
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Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Michty min are ye blin? The prices are on athing.” She pointed
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
k, Distilleries an Castles wi prices fae jis £32. Ye hiv guarante(2018)

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
/83 | would like tae add some prices quoted in it: on page 29

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
an drink for even mair cantie prices. on page 9

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Uri, Antonia Here's the problem wi the trad wife muivement, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
assyth for the rise in hoose prices.
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The Flying Pigs There’s nae reassurance over national insurance, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
rstand is that, fit wi energy prices rising and food costs rising
etter in September fan energy prices ging up again.
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General Northern

@Franwella tweeted
Just got electric n gas prices thru. Woolly jumpers n hot wa(2011)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
barmaid, fits gan on wee the prices o a nip? She says i’m like a(2016)
ies or Black Pudding! And yon prices!! I'm a pensioner! ?? https:/(2016)
a wee discount or pensioners prices(2018)
o humour, especially wee the prices he charges fer a full fry up!(2018)

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
ont ma siller an study on the prices even juist for plain coffee a
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
They pay thae fancy prices, an the booze is... no sae ba
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
wark covers sindry styles an prices reinges frae £50 tae £395.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
a CD's forbye the buik itsel. Prices an ither particularities will
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
this is true lol - is tescos prices gettin reduced - cos there h (2020) twitter link
ooking well - musta seen the prices in the seabird centre! https: (2021) twitter link

West Central

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
plainin’ as usual aboot the prices, an then he started tae expla
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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
istences, rentin at hiezed-up prices an feart tae stairt a faimlie on page 53
London post-Brexit, as hoose prices continue tae soar an wages co on page 92
as gas an electricity (meanin prices are aye gangin upwards tae en on page 137

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Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
guid meal, at very reasonable prices. Ma was a wee person, wi' a h
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General Central

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
wine in pey and a lat doun in prices, as steam pouer, in the touns on page 69

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Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
consulted nae ither builder's prices. Perhaps this is the ae sole on page 72

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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
wis pit throu in 1804 an gart prices rise til breid wis affa dear.
is affa dear. In 1814 cheaper prices for inbrocht corn led til ani
tent fremmit corn, haud breid prices up, an keep landowners in pro
) tae brewstars, an the heich prices set bi meal-mongers (sellers)
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@raiphsays tweeted
checkoot! Hunners a hings an prices stert it £2.79! https://t.co(2020)

@weenell3 tweeted
new ex rates. Property & food prices were affected too. NS said th (2022) twitter link

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
his year ava, Beese an silage prices faa, Fairmin's daun; The coun on page 30

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