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The word 'ultra'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ultraOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.487
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 9.8 4 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 ultra in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
t couple o occasions I became ultra careful tae hide my addiction
1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
at ay end tae well fired and ultra crispy at ither end - Yas mi (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
And are ultra-Unionist in their refinement. on page 33

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
players, these cunts are the ultra's ae the bettin world. These on page 27

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
ye ken thae ultra-violet rays,
ablow His ultra-violet rays.
2 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Mouse Eat Mouse World, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
tae the ultra normal warl o mouse eat mouse
1 matches

General Central

@Chazzbat tweeted
ely conclude the worst. She's ultra Conservative an a'body shud b(2020)