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The word 'ultimate'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ultimateOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3108
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 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 ultimate in Corpus

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
cht back tae Aald English. Da ultimate origin o da baith o da forms on page 31

1 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
Committed da ultimate video conferencin cliché dur (2020) twitter link

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
embrance Day pls reflect upon ultimate sacrifice o servicemin/weemen(2019)

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
the higger-lassies. The dark ultimate on page 112

1 matches

General Central

Eagle, Andy Lallans 63 - Stravaigin The Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
fish or younkers can hae the ultimate ae-day ainimal career adventu
1 matches

Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
racy money can buy eh? An the ultimate irony is, we have some power
1 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
weel respectit fur payin the ultimate price … except he wis innoc

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
Noo why wud he dae that? The ultimate Roman Catholic in league wi t
man Catholic in league wi the ultimate Protestant leader.

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
That’s ultimate stuff we need tae ken their h(2020)