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The word 'vices'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
vicesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.9139
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 9.8 4 3
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)
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 vices in Corpus

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General Northern

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
b. Aat and smokin are his twa vices. Ma hates the drink inna. 'It on page 43

1 matches

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
dee A souch blethers: fankilt vices in wa's incaains i the mids o on page 3

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
ither in lood vices.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
an claes in a struggle. Hard vices. Shouts. Fraser's vice, feart on page 1

1 matches

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
, Mister Sweeney, sir?" thair vices rung oot aroond the clessroom on page 1

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
that the bool in the mooth RP vices o the upper clesses is, equal
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
urness o the sindrie Scottish vices an the languages o Scotland (
1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
nquered him, dinna tak on his vices. Nae animal should iver líve
1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
e breengin stanes A cuid hear vices. Lood vices. A cockit ma lugs on page 24

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
ome him, dinnae stoop tae his vices. Nae animal maun ever bide in on page 6

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
hion noo is for a diversity o vices - Tom Leonard is celebratit on page 56

2 matches

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