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The word 'traveller'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
travellerOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.61210
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 15.4 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 traveller 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.

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
de shü stude oot laek a time traveller fae anidder fashion era. Shü on page 42

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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
the sea. Welcome back peerie traveller :) #shetland(2014)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
'd met Joyce te see aboot the traveller's cheques. on page 40

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@DoricPhrases tweeted
Aire is a time traveller convention takkin placie neis(2018)

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
l”. Banff retains many other traveller words an phrases like stal ye (2020) twitter link
n traivler wird GADGIE. Ither traveller wirds that are seen as Banff (2021) twitter link

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@stevie27boyo av aways been a traveller efter stayin in 15 different (2021) twitter link
an_Pacey @stevie27boyo defo a traveller brother lol (2021) twitter link

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
sult in a kickin fur a lonely traveller such as maself. on page 41

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ice waverin juist slightly. A traveller song, wi Iona playin a left h on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
wan ay ma associates, fae the traveller community. An it’s mibbe be
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
The American traveller leans on the bar eighth Chero on page 23

1 matches

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