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The word 'roles'
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Use in varieties of Scots roles Occurrences normalised per million words Occurrences Authors
Dialect map - Usage over time
Total Corpus 3.7 12 12 ORK - Orkney
9.9
1
1
SHD - Shetland
5.8
1
1
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
10.9
1
1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
4.6
1
1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
12.5
2
2
GLA - Glasgow
4.6
1
1
AYR - Ayrshire
13.1
1
1
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)
32.8
1
1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)
Occurrences of roles in Corpus
In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to
the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.
Orkney
Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days , (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Sheu his so many roles in life - on page 23
1 matches
Shetland
I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1 , (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
s hae fundamental grammatical roles ithin sentences (mair aboot d on page 69
1 matches
Aberdeen
Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil , (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
Ane o the maist important roles Jamie Fleeman played wisna th
1 matches
West Central
Percy, Ely Duck Feet , (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
er questions aboot production roles an target audiences, but ah c on page 169
1 matches
Edinburgh
McKillop, Roger The Staff , (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
end ain't Marion, then change roles . In this w’y we’d assist
1 matches
Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences , (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
t. “Wha is he? Whit are yer roles ?”
1 matches
Glasgow
Armstrong, Graeme Young Team , (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
suhin back n fall intae their roles as replacement tap men. Just on page 28
1 matches
Ayrshire
Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter , (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
now Evelynn. It’s like the roles have reversed; Evelynn is no
1 matches
General Central
Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial , (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
The roles o ither members o the Editori on page 4
1 matches
Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation , (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
ernment thegither wi ilkane's roles an responsibilities.
1 matches
McClurg, Fernando Review: O is for Hoolet , (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
s she taks on a braid range o roles – hersel as a bairn, singer
1 matches
East Antrim (Larne)
King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition , (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
nse o incompleteness whan the roles wurnae reversed. on page 24
1 matches