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The word 'instruments'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
instrumentsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.44122
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 13.3 3 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 31 5 3
GLA - Glasgow 65.3 13 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.5 8 8
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) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of instruments in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
n her is a murgis o starns an instruments, but Astrid keeps her een on on page 144

1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
e habeilitie at it. Wi modren instruments an, belyve, soun racordins, t
1 matches

West Central

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
ngin groups stertit tae yaise instruments ither than the guitar an arti on page 56

2 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
nd the fiddler pit doon their instruments and pulled doon their scarves
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
s and the variety © stringit instruments that they aye haulit aboot wi on page 101

1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
an “filthie.” Muisical instruments — maist o aa the kirk organ
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Voices an’ instruments would blend,
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“He’s lost some of the instruments,” sayed Bill cuttitly. “W
d aroon the smaa collection o instruments an remotes contemptuously.
auld-farrant box o drawin instruments. An inside its ain box he fun
3 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
day I'll huv proper grown up instruments an decent casees like an actu on page 3

12 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
money tae progress tae Gibson instruments man. Ma brief foray intae the
1 matches

General Central

Donaldson, Gordon Lallans 90 - Echty-Echt, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
trip til Hungary. We tuik oor instruments, and on the Sunday we played on page 36

1 matches

Freeman, Fred Lallans 102 - Burns, Hamish and Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
ional Scottish musical forms, instruments and sangs. Though they lived on page 58

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Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
we're aw gaun tae lairn some instruments and set up as wan o thae faim on page 31

1 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
the maist effective potential instruments tae kythe frae this process o on page 17

1 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
Wild Law are apparent in some instruments and decisions but the review
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
in’, gien that nae musical instruments seemed tae be in evidence at
1 matches

@WhenDidADidny tweeted
le on the back, get the brass instruments oot and get done in by some b (2018) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
ans asked questions about the instruments & Scots culture. When Billy J(2020)

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
man's een reserved fur brass instruments an flash motors. What had the on page 11
o bagpipers aal tuinin thair instruments at yince. on page 14

2 matches

General Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
ave music too, people brought instruments with them. And this is a livi (2021) twitter link