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The word 'profits'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
profitsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.2177
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 2
DUN - Dundee 85 8 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 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 profits in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
. A generous proportion o the profits o the 10 MW wind farm at Spur
1 matches

General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Darling? Will eat maist o'the profits! I wid keep that lad oot o'th(2018)

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
r said. "They're bocht wi the profits.' on page 19
uv tae ken how tae add up the profits ye mak at the end o the day. on page 44

2 matches

Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
essful that it wis unnerminin profits, an i the 70s an 80s European
ial Democracy apairt tae save profits, or muivin taewards Socialism
2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
he City o London maun mak its profits, neer mind hou monie bairns g on page 116
er budget tae mak even bigger profits are held bi human beins. Wuid on page 121
y ither company that maks its profits aff o exportin death - fer t on page 122
ise, the turnower - includin profits - o rail franchise companies on page 134

6 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
made it back in ae piece, the profits cuid be considerable. Fowk th on page 32
near gyte wi the howp o great profits. By the time the fall had com on page 33

2 matches

General Central

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
u the landowners tae mak mair profits at hame. The first o the sae-
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
shops cos they made such big profits that they were really stealin
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
an afford it and squander the profits won on the back of the poor, (2020)

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