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The word 'helmets'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
helmetsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3108
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 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 42.7 4 2
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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of helmets in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
will-willan wi meusic in thir helmets, naeraboots unteddert fae the on page 82

1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
an cities, the spikes on the helmets o the sodgers in every street on page 75

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
FamousFive1875 take off there helmets n awe the padding they wear n (2021) twitter link

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
thae young yins bare leather helmets on page 29

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
e glint o sun on cuirasses an helmets cuid nou be seen, an Hamilton on page 36
o war - muskets an pistols, helmets an breistplates, swords an se on page 38
Scattert about were sodgers' helmets an a couple o swords that had on page 53

3 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
in the East. The wee roun tin helmets worn by the British army were on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
reid space suits, complete wi helmets and goggles - at least they on page 142

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Land o Fallen Empires, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
wi pith helmets an jack bits thay stottert in on page 76

1 matches

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