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The word 'asteroid'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
asteroidOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.3112
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 14.4 11 2
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 asteroid in Corpus

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General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
r instance, he micht cry it, 'Asteroid 3251'. on page 18
guid fortune for the repute o Asteroid B-612, a Turkish dictator cha on page 19
m: "The planet he cam frae is Asteroid B-612, syne they wad be gey c on page 20
k rin gif they are tint on an asteroid are that muckle, that for ain on page 24

7 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
ent histories tell o a michty asteroid storm that duntit oor planet on page 18

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
Asteroid Belt
res, the biggest cheil in the asteroid belt, is reckont 587 mile abr
nither rock – aiblins a sma asteroid – haed struck the planet, b
3 matches

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