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The word 'vehicle'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
vehicleOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.61513
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
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 vehicle in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
an dints ye’d expect fae a vehicle that spent maist o its life i
1 matches

(South) East Central

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
music, Patois has also been a vehicle for preservin African words,
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
t, i.e. the ideas, but on the vehicle for thae ideas as weel. Langu
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
e while awe there employees r vehicle sharing wae nae masks on lol (2020) twitter link

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
cal text wis the maist fittin vehicle fur his purpose. It wis a wal on page vi

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“An old vehicle and a trick of the dust and t
licht an he cud hear a powert vehicle comin alang the road. It wis
2 matches

General Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
may lie in its usability as a vehicle for asserting the national cu on page 38

1 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
t reason why Scots canna be a vehicle for reportage an analysis o m on page 12

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
tch on ower the Atlantic as a vehicle for love lyrics, and nae aa o
1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
o the local wey o talkin as a vehicle for leeteratur. The day the a
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
sae true afore, the electoral vehicle o thon muivement.
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
tchel, the faither, selt this vehicle til huz fur 30/-; an wei
ade eet intil ane articulated vehicle an shiftit ae gey wheen fellt
2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
ckle herder derg tae dae. The vehicle fir this is a journey across on page 84

1 matches

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