| busted | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
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Dialect map - Usage over time
| Total Corpus | 1.5 | 5 | 4 |
| ORK - Orkney |
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| SHD - Shetland |
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| TON - Tonge |
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| NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) |
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| NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) |
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| MNA - Mid Northern A |
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| MNB - Mid Northern B |
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| SNO - South Northern |
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| ABN - Aberdeen |
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| DOR - General Northern |
4.4 |
1 |
1 |
| NEC - North East Central |
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| SEC - (South) East Central |
2.6 |
1 |
1 |
| WCE - West Central |
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| DUN - Dundee |
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| EDN - Edinburgh |
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| GLA - Glasgow |
10 |
2 |
1 |
| AYR - Ayrshire |
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| LAL - General Central |
1.3 |
1 |
1 |
| SEA - South East (Borders) |
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| SWE - South West (Galloway) |
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| DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) |
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| WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) |
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| CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) |
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| BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) |
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| SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) |
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| BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast) |
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| PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) |
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| EUL - East Antrim (Larne) |
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| GUL - General Ulster |
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| SYN - Synthetic (no region) |
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