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The word 'maths'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
mathsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.63217
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 111.9 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 57.7 13 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.5 8 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 maths 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.

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
tae ken the maths tae tak the coarse tae qualie on page 15

1 matches

Mid Northern B

Crawford, Jack The Pluffer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
l and ran. Ma first class wis Maths. Noo, am nae exaggerating fan
1 matches

General Northern

McBeath, Lorraine Tales Fae The Doric Side - The New Quine at School, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
ote doon the unswer for me in Maths on page 54

1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
@youngwd1 Tory maths dinna add up(2020)

@Franwella tweeted
@aimeeannenaylor Maths homework in the middle o summ(2011)

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
he said, turning back tae her Maths book, 'Bet you Scotland's no
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
llatape aff Mister Miller the Maths teacher. Ah'd forgot Charlene on page 34
uldnae concentrate aw through Maths. Part ae me couldnae wait fur on page 48
n him when we wur walkin past Maths an askin him if he'd had an a on page 77
i intae trouble. Yesterday in Maths, Charlene asked tag copy Harp on page 80
amework gaunna, help me wi ma Maths hamework gaunnae help me wi m on page 112
Also on pages 163, 169
13 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie O pigs and dugs: what for dae we treat them sae different?, (Mak Forrit 2024) Central - Edinburgh, blog
Some back o the naipkin maths… In 2022, the’ war 343,00
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
future, than. He cud see the maths. Ilka bairn that forgets clos
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
t wrong. They claim tae teach maths tae-' on page 36

1 matches

Atkins, Elise Billy Barr ’n’ Jonny Jimison’s Day Oot!, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central, prose
Billy? Ah’m no that bad at maths!”
1 matches

General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
Tam hated maths. Words were braw but nummers on page 40
gize again an go back tae the maths lesson. He looked forlorn an on page 43

3 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
wis oor favrit maths teacher on page 27

1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
maths an science,
1 matches

@fairpechtoot tweeted
Maths question in Scots fir Maths wk 2017! Great way tae challe(2017)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
1000% certain (excuse my mad maths, but they started it ??) that (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
classroom trying tae finish a maths test when a broke oot in a ca
1 matches

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