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The word 'sassenach'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sassenachOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.895
ORK - Orkney
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 12.7 5 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 sassenach in Corpus

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General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 78 - Scots Teegars, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, prose
leids ye ken. Mosegi crood in Sassenach pigeon, A gabbit in the Scots on page 80

1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
“Its a nem fur the Sassenach. Napolean uised it,” John e
bew hewmets o the U.N. atap o Sassenach pows, cam in by the
rdour,” he yowtit out . Ane Sassenach cheil
hes a naitral ill-wull ti the Sassenach. The sojers nivver fand onie
order laun wes herried bi the Sassenach, ye sei, the
5 matches

General Central

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
But whan the laithly Sassenach on page 48

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
r's nowt wrang wi ma spellin, Sassenach.(2020)

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
ome intae the body o the kirk Sassenach. Nae doot ye'll be weel yuiss(2020)