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The word 'mat'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
matOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62216
ORK - Orkney 49.7 5 2
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 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 mat in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
erbox and plopped doon on the mat. on page 9
Scrubs the gutter aff the mat. on page 23
bonny picters and I got a new mat in a sale. on page 58
cover and me bonny brand-new mat! on page 59

4 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Berns sit on a clippie mat afore the sluggish paet fire, on page 117

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
d'. Da wird fir maet is still mat ithin on page 103

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
n flat ower the cheers an the mat on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
o junk mail fanned oot on the mat an wanner fae room te room, p on page 78

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
gry, he wad hae etten a hairy mat, an Snochrie the Snawman’s
1 matches

General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
My rave scene wis walking the mat doon Union St in 1962 but I k(2020)

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
gers dissecting a sodden beer-mat, on page 60

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
ws her forrit aff the walcome mat. “You deif?” he spaeks th
pinglin whan ye staun on the mat,” he explains, an she catch
2 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
pin aboot an playin the dance mat on the play station as if thi on page 150

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
wipe yir feet on thi mat afore yi cum in. on page 36

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
e each other on the playgroup mat in the village hall. We've gr on page 7

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
smirks an ambles oer tae the mat full ay confidence. ‘Ah nee
1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
s Precious lay on her sleepin mat, waitin on her faither tae co on page 47
ht, as she lay on her sleepin mat, she gaed ower in her heid wh on page 63
did, sittin up on her sleepin mat, wi her een open on page 64

3 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
bluid aa ower oor mat, on page 35

1 matches

@IshbelMcF tweeted
in! A want thon on a welcome mat. #FringeScots https://t.co/gh(2016)

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