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The word 'signature'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
signatureOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.52114
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 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 3
WCE - West Central 23 5 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.3 7 4
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 signature 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.

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
isin fae the table. "It's my 'signature dish'." on page 29

1 matches

General Northern

@beast_afc tweeted
right2 Dunc Shearer winted ma signature for a parcel he wiz deliverin(2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ls me, ah'll be handin oor ma signature in order tae make it official on page 160

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
her signature on the back o the paper afore
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
ae light and scratched in her signature wae a final flourish. But eft
since she’d made her bloody signature, Ailsa went wanderin wance ma
2 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
an then jist traced ower her signature. Ma pal, Charlene, she's had on page 17

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Wi the bold signature, 'Winston Churchill'. on page 88

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
an then jist traced ower her signature. Ma pal, Charlene, she’s hu
hool an she forges her ma’s signature aw the time.
2 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
quill wagtailed the Provost's signature. on page 112

1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
h. The scrawl wi in the white signature box oan the ither side o the
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
the windaes, and insteid o a signature Coont Olaf wid draw an ee at on page 30
wan looks the maist like the signature on thon document." on page 151
und, then it follaes that the signature disnae match whit's needit by on page 152

3 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
rin a loose purple dress, hur signature, heavy eyeliner, and hus rece on page 5
ie, hus been coaxed oot o his signature salmon polo necks and intae a on page 6

2 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
preid PAID IN FULL owre, wi a signature as aye in keepin wi his prepo on page 72

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth For the fat romantics, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
he main coorse: ‘Yer pick o signature Greggs puff pastry parcel, fr
1 matches

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