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The word 'slave'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
slaveOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus15.65227
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 29.4 9 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 321.1 7 1
SEC - (South) East Central 14.6 6 3
WCE - West Central 17.8 4 3
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 20.5 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 2
LAL - General Central 11.8 9 5
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) 232.6 4 2
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 slave in Corpus

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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
so dey selt dir bridder as a slave an dan dey med on dat he hed on page 13

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
up an wirkit bi his side - a slave te ilky season, chaavin te wr on page 95

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ell me, there's the spars o a slave-ship that cam up fyles fan th
e that Jed kens far aboot yon slave-ship sits in the watter."
n an up tae the beach far the slave-ship lay, Jed began tae cam o
arna far frae the wrack o the slave-ship noo. He kent fine far it
We're jist aboot there. This slave-ship cairriet aff hunners o t
8 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
he language of the house-born slave.' on page 55

1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ither, Eurystheus, and be his slave. Dae everythin he tells ye. M on page 4
Weel, slave. For yir fourth trauchle, ah' on page 18
"Aw, slave, you're honkin. Dae you never on page 26
wa and bring it back for her, slave." on page 38
ae for this next yin, git yir slave's bahookie ower tae Geryon. A on page 42
Also on pages 45
7 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
It is believed that he wis a slave, but was gien his freedom bec on page 3
There yince wis ae rin awa slave on page 6
"Than dee a weel fed slave!" on page 230

3 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
lisation ae kennin wur a mere slave tae the capitalist machine." on page 102

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
now theres a surprise - the slave trade lives on lol (2020) twitter link
ing wimmin m8 reckon hees her slave lol (2020) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
d. "But by then ah'd been her slave near aw ma life and ah hudnae on page 195

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
, she said, He's worse than a slave driver. It wisnae that bad, a on page 144

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Demons slave here twenty-four-seven! on page 92
ir dim. His faither hud bin a slave, aiblins some chiel kidnapped on page 100

2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
knave,/ Wha sae base as be a slave?' indeed. An that lot - A ha on page 116

1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 83 - Phantasmagoria, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
shooderin her coolie slave yoke. on page 70

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
the expirimental subjecks as slave lawbour. There maun be indive
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
ain actions, or inaction ~ a slave tae the memories that haunt t on page 12

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
d creautor, a reiver o mages, slave tae the Muse ye ken. Niver te on page ix

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ins. It’s a constant. Yer a slave tae the wage.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
in actions, or inaction – a slave tae the memories that haunt t
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
too, was theirs: Tf thourt a slave, indulge thy sneer. Robert Bu on page 22

1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
get revenge on ye for yaisin slave labour in thir airts, by giei on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
ye awa for seeven year, mak a slave o ye. He's read aboot this in on page 15

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
sheathit dirk, Witch weilcum, slave wut, on page 14

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
An they spurn him like a slave. on page 20
Ye're a slave ti your ain invie - ye get. on page 33

3 matches

Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
m or slavery; slavery and the slave trade shal be prohibit in
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
red, jailed, sent abroad as a slave, or even shot on the spot....

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
imprisoned, tortured, made a slave, executed. Things got that ba

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
rtation tae the Americas as a slave. They wur takin an awfy chanc

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
n no whae peyed maist fir the slave-maister's fame, sae let's bui on page 77

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Ah wis a slave on page 40

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
thee." "Mae trade is wabster, slave o dree, A family man, an booz on page 59

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Sould a slave wi-oot na gratin. on page 15
Say bae free, bot make a slave on page 34

3 matches

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