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The word 'sports'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sportsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus20.56831
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 65.8 27 8
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 43.4 7 3
GLA - Glasgow 20.5 4 4
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 13.1 10 5
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 10 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of sports in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
ctors afore he sterted makkan sports kers. When he sterted tae bui
rs. When he sterted tae build sports kers in the sixties, he estab
wey that maks the famous reid sports kers, the wans that Ah’m st
3 matches

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2017) Orkney
tae deu wae leisure - games, sports, music- maakan, mischief –

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Gregor teen is een aff Friday Sports Scene fir a meenit te leuk it on page 38

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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
It wis the schule sports day an Dauvit Duff didna wint
The schule sports war gyaun tae be dreidfu. Joh
re tae win ilkie event in the sports, Dauvit kent fine. At the fir
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Aberdeen

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
Nae sports centres cos we played ootside
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General Northern

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - A keik at the Swedish game o bandy, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
(the local name for Hammarby sports club) stood clappin their air
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@daleser23 tweeted
arsed arguing. Just watch sky sports news and see sum o the goals (2013)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
s fit is on the board fer the sports playing in the bar! ?????? ht(2020)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@kwr260 @cligeey Roslyn Sports and e Rubber Shop ana.(2020)

(South) East Central

Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
ain. He cuid see ower tae the sports field noo, whaur fifth years on page 89

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McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
lk that could run fast at the sports day an wur guid at sums. Ah d on page 7

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e Edinburgh tracks. Different sports, different worlds. And it wis on page 68
ily danglin fae his mooth. He sports a sombre on page 182

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ade intil the media wis throu sports reportin. The moral is that y
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
wi marone sports breiks crowled out frae unner
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Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
it to the needs of lessons an sports’ day, wha cuid mind ilka ba
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Gilmour, Rosie Shoapaholic, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
Then a gie in tae JD Sports
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
e likes o Sir Sean Connery an sports stars the likes o Kenny Dalgl
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
t shaws his passion for thair sports as weel as a guid kennin o th
an thair commitment tae thair sports. He shaws an aw that Scots af
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
lsonauthor u can play so many sports at the wide open spaces at th (2021) twitter link
n_Pacey @Neillyf88 east coast sports cars - run by ian and kevin (2020) twitter link
_sport @WeAreScottishFB its a sports complex after all - your fre (2020) twitter link
6 m8 eer no payin for premier sports - plenty free live streams - (2021) twitter link
people still pay for premier sports lol (2021) twitter link
and 11 other occurrences.

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
nie an a rowth o gentilmanlie sports, he agrees ti byde a week. Th
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
eg empathy an the knocked-aff sports socks…
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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
her dementit screivins in the sports pages o the London blatts wha on page 79

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Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
vin an cuid ware thair tyme i sports an yatt-races. Thusgates the on page 13

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McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ed ma career as a Lecturer in Sports Studies, sounds posher, bit A
when a former student, now a Sports Studies Lecturer, too, moaned
2 matches

McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
or appreciation o’ minority sports. A mentioned how urbanites, w
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
loved ma job, teachin’ all sports, Swimmin’, Health an’ Fit
e 5 letter word which was the sports broadcaster’s bane, was “
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
fastest boay in the cless oan sports day. By droappin a couple ae
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Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
dn't compete against women in sports like this. If you ask-' on page 12

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
ken aboot chappies an crusty sports socks on page 41

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
expensive an like thir fae JD sports. They smile as we approach, a on page 3

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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
that’s just tumbled through Sports Division. ‘Ah’ve goat it!
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Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
hae lugged intae the news an sports programmes on the wireless, a on page 23

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General Central

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
that video gemmes let ye play sports like fitba and basketbaw and on page 24

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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
documentar on TV aboot Morgan sports cars. John Harvey-Jones, the
rgan wisna haein thon. Morgan sports cars wis warks o airt made bi
. Appliein modren methods tae sports cars isna the same as appliei
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Thoumire, Elizabeth The killin fields!, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
I’v been agin field sports aw ma days, an whiles I ken i
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McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
soonds exackly like their “sports an politics is hailly separat
ul wey that athletes, fans an sports govrenin bodies can mak a sta
, likeweys rugby. An, indeed, sports can be yaised as venues for p
ts unilaterally declarin that sports an politics haes nae pynts o
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
sumthin mair muckle sic as a sports team or community action grou
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General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Naw furgettin sports o coorse, on page 42

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