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The word 'definition'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
definitionOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.23418
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 20.1 4 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 21 16 7
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
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 definition in Corpus

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
Da best definition o Scots is as a macro languag on page 20

1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
but perhaps you question his definition of purity of heart as being " on page 57

1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
idiculously narrow and clumsy definition tae start with (2022) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
@AberdeenFC Definition isnae great(2020)

(South) East Central

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
whin it happens. It is nae a definition, nae a model, nae a Scots Bib
1 matches

West Central

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
, junk. Mind Jerry Seinfeld's definition o garbage - if it's touchin
1 matches

Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
poem would’ve done) an the definition o a Scottish text wis that va
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
the national interest. Their definition o the national interest is wh on page 12
oneithin ye disagree wi is bi definition wrang. An thon's a notion tha on page 100

2 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
lucent; her veins an bones’ definition protrudin through like covere
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
If that’s no the definition, then nae cunts telt Joe.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ow it wis in oor day. By that definition then, they had tae staiy.
By a gairden’s very definition or at least that ay a livin p
2 matches

General Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Grippy (1955) are bi the very definition o thair French original set i on page 37

1 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
eemed tae meet the Chairter's definition o a regional or minority leid on page 18
heedtae the first Airticle's definition o language identity in terms on page 19

2 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
e anes that provides the best definition. Sma nuances o meanin micht b on page 15

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
Scots met the Chairter’s definition o a regional or minority leid
Definition o Minority Languages
37. The maist haill definition o regional an minority leids
definition will be the tholepin o this r
by sindry opinions as tae the definition o “Scots”, the submission
9 matches

Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
Fer me that’s no the definition o’ social. An’ it’s nae
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
irt’ or ‘role’, anither definition as listit in ‘A Dictionary
1 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
se o the wird come fae? Which definition/etymology is closest tae the (2020) twitter link

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

@fairfaaye tweeted
keyed up’ might be the best definition because, as music aficionados(2020)