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The word 'privet'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
privetOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.893
ORK - Orkney 69.6 7 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
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 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)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of privet in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
Mrs Dursley, o number fower, Privet Gate, were prood tae say that
say if the Potters arrived in Privet Gate. The Dursleys kent that
y cat standan on the corner o Privet Gate, but there wasna a map i
wis readan the sign that said Privet Drive – no, lukkan at the s
ill there. It wis staran doon Privet Gate as though it wis waitan
7 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Defined by waws o privet needin clipped on page 55

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General Central

@LairnScots tweeted
Mrs Dursley, o nummer fower, Privet Loan, were prood tae say that (2017) twitter link