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The word 'devotion'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
devotionOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62211
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 17.8 4 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 42.7 4 2
LAL - General Central 10.5 8 3
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 devotion in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
- been loved wi such sincere devotion - Undoubted genius, maister on page 77

1 matches

(South) East Central

Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
th or sae. It wes Gowanlock's devotion tae the immortal memory o Jos on page 83

1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The writing on the wa's o devotion. on page 20
The writing on the wa's o devotion, on page 21
The writing on the wa's o devotion, on page 22

3 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
the deeds o ‘gallantry and devotion to duty of the highest orderâ
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
tae keep up their lickspittle devotion tae the Union Flag. Sae, onwa on page 21

1 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
devotion thrawn as Sheol. on page 17

1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
His skill an' devotion,
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Self-centred devotion, motivatin’ your drive,
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
yed earnest an lang, wi great devotion, in a clear, firm vyce - wi on page 46

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
The writin on the waas o devotion.
The writin on the waas o devotion,
The writin on the waas o devotion,
3 matches

General Central

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
shows devotion. Kind ye are ti me, on page 15
Niver! Your luve an your devotion on page 18

2 matches

White, George But the heart is gallus, (Facebook 2024) Central, prose
an’ anither’s pure devotion…true an’ tested
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
nt heroes]’ whase faur-kent devotion, she threaps, blaikens intae
vokit as a figure o exemplary devotion; and, aince mair, oor poet st
concerns the theme o luve and devotion as expressed through the ‘b
3 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
s intae nocht comparit wi her devotion tae the springheid o her amou
hert-stappin hecht o lesbian devotion ultimately defers tae the sai
2 matches

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