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The word 'scandal'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
scandalOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3106
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 2
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 scandal in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
I chocht it a scandal, a great muckle Bank Swickin on page 15

1 matches

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
e m8 - if theres a sniff o a scandal al b doon lol (2020) twitter link
fae me tae get involved wae a scandal likes lol (2020) twitter link
d by name - over the salmond scandal n a cant wait to hear her sta (2020) twitter link

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
n thir ongauns as a dounricht scandal. on page 116

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
boot the latest Embra schuils scandal an whit it tells ye aboot the on page 37
acts as if this is aw a great scandal, whan onie journalist o real on page 123

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
Howivver fowk'll no let onie scandal gang by withoot a struggle an on page 94

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Evie OOR WULLIE’S SEASON’S GREET, (Largs Writers Group 2015) Central - Largs, prose
ts. Helen made thum – Largs scandal includit. But Horace – that
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
ice. The second time caused a scandal and wis talk o’ the steamy.
1 matches

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