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The word 'construction'
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Use in varieties of Scots construction Occurrences normalised per million words Occurrences Authors
Dialect map - Usage over time
Total Corpus 5.4 18 15 ORK - Orkney
19.9
2
2
SHD - Shetland
23.2
4
3
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
10.5
1
1
DOR - General Northern
4.4
1
1
NEC - North East Central
45.9
1
1
SEC - (South) East Central
5.2
2
1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
6.2
1
1
GLA - Glasgow
5
1
1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
2.6
2
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)
71.4
2
1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)
Occurrences of construction in Corpus
In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to
the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.
Orkney
Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
like an undeemous construction site. on page 19
1 matches
Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull , (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
y specific question aboot the construction , she jokes Mamma Mia! Are you
1 matches
Shetland
I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1 , (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
daels wi a copula construction in Shaetlan, dat bein a linke on page 86
2 matches
Tait, John M Lallans 60 - The Three Hooses , (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, weans
biological influences on the construction of the house," says Dr Intell
1 matches
@Julie_Dennison tweeted
en doin, an she glanced at da construction student next ta me an said (2020) twitter link
Mid Northern A
Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin , (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ens biggin. It's a faantastic construction at cost aboot the same es a b on page 63
1 matches
Aberdeen
Uri, Antonia Flooery achievement for the Scots Government , (The National 2019) Doric, newspaper
tae the environment that the construction o the AWPR micht hae caused,
1 matches
General Northern
Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose , (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
which emanatit fae the glass construction an, as the tête-a-tête deve
1 matches
North East Central
Heather, Alistair Trains approachin? , (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
e link Braemar tae Aiberdeen. Construction got sae faur as tae big a rai
1 matches
(South) East Central
@kennethbryce184 tweeted
he cooncil - a worked in the construction industry - theyve got twae o (2021) twitter link
e fm hasnt even mentioned the construction industry is shameful - they (2021) twitter link
Edinburgh
Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences , (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
nor announcin free drink on a construction site.
1 matches
Glasgow
Bennett, Peter Graftin , (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
wae signage oer it, Jamieson Construction Ltd bein the main wan.
1 matches
General Central
Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700 , (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
That is an antedatin for this construction whilk is first recordit in DO on page 19
1 matches
Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - The Tartanic , (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
t no wan muckle wappen o mass construction ?
1 matches
Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
Lyttle, A. G. Yarns 3 - Lastin Memorial , (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Bangor, prose
hat why yer Uncle Sam is dain construction wark, noo?’
or place facin whaur twathree construction warkers were stood leanin on
2 matches