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The word 'doc'
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Use in varieties of Scots doc Occurrences normalised per million words Occurrences Authors
Dialect map - Usage over time
Total Corpus 4.5 15 10 ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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
DOR - General Northern
13.3
3
2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
14.6
6
3
WCE - West Central
4.4
1
1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
10.2
2
1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
1.3
1
1
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 doc 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.
Mid Northern A
Harper, Norman Stronach: A Weekly Look at Life in the Fictional North-East Village , (The Press and Journal 2000) Doric, newspaper
ination. "Hit me wi the news, doc ," he said. "I can tak it."
1 matches
General Northern
Whyte, Brian The Bottles , (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Fred said Doc it's jist a wee scratch on page 163
1 matches
McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit , (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
haim. A jaloused thay wir lik doc -
e efter, whin A haid seed the doc -
2 matches
(South) East Central
Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - Joco Geordie , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
e Willie Neill, kirstent him ' Doc Rigbane'. That pleased George on page 10
2 matches
Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind , (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ngin oan some claithes and ma Doc Martens. Bruce is naturally d on page 176
1 matches
Waddell, John Halesome Farin , (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Ach, no, doc , there's nae need tae check.
Whit's that, doc ? That cannae be richt!
Ach, doc , dinnae ask hoo A feel.
3 matches
West Central
@annieones tweeted
. Great tae huv yae back. The Doc did a great joab tae. Lookin (2021) twitter link
Glasgow
Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute , (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
weeks? How long has she goat, Doc ?’
ey repeats, angrily. ‘Right Doc . She’ll be better aff wae m
2 matches
General Central
Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
'Is the doc oan hes wey?' on page 17
1 matches