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The word 'device'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
deviceOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.52513
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 46.1 9 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 11.8 9 7
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 device 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

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
d steeks her een an haads the device on page 18

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
d on the Universal Translator device steid o actually thinkan thro
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ighted plate hit the grun the device wint up like a grenade dowsin
er seventies could mak such a device but it got much much worse as
2 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
t the 'Shepherd' was a writin-device aften uised i the 'Noctes Amb on page 116

1 matches

Dundee

Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ae Cook aboot the scary lecky device that Mr Baxter hud shown me i
1 matches

Edinburgh

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
FIRST NEUROMAGNETIC PULSE DEVICE
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
The Device on page 17

9 matches

General Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
gueestic signeeficance are "a device that, as weel as contributin on page 12

1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
, each wi a different cleanin device which skooshed watter an saip on page 10
she said. 'See that Declartin device o yours. Does it work on room on page 25

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
' or 'settings' gauin bi whit device ye hae), or tae eik Scots wor on page 40

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
h tae pit thegither a rescuin device. There wis a sturdy metal rod on page 115
k o his hook, sent her rescue device clangin tae the grund. Noo Vi on page 123

2 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
eteratur, wi its maist common device the arbitrar respellin an rin
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Bairns ootside, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
an Xbox or anither electronic device; aw their fun bein played oot
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
l the surgeon hus a screw lik device that he winds in till it conn

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