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The word 'compass'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
compassOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.51510
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
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 compass in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
wae a school compass, dipped on page 12

1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
ma compass lees tae me on page 3

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
in fae the fower pynts o the compass tae meet at Regent Road an ra on page 106

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
decision tae mak. Even wi the compass Bain had there wisnae much ch on page 41
be ned up he flung the boar's compass ower the side. The ithers man on page 42
orth o Iceland - even wi the compass they'd sailit richt ast. When on page 43

3 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
right an hopin that yer moral compass disnae let ye doon. on page 12

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
Bus lurches away. Ma internal compass is confused. The light still on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
right an hopin that yer moral compass disnae let ye doon.
1 matches

General Central

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
takin tent ower aa the compass pynts on page 21

1 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
tae be hained in tae a nerra compass o domains aften tae dae wi co on page 12

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
This was aa your compass. on page 35

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
e follae is weel merkit sae a compass winna be necessar. It's aye m on page 65

2 matches

South East (Borders)

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alds Bag with water proof map,compass, emergency whistle, biffy bag(2020)