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The word 'objects'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
objectsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus134312
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
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 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 43.3 33 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 24.2 2 1
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 objects in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
engines by hand – glitteran objects o exquisite beauty an precisi
1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
es) demaands a subject an twa objects an dey on page 84

2 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
they hae on show (fit include objects that are evidence o the maist on page 6

1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
, but, having suggested Sharp Objects on Sky Atlantic which she lov (2020) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
wi yer tongue hingin oot. Objects sae sacred ye daurnae ewvir o on page 106

1 matches

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
And as if her gaze could move objects, he slowly drops it back doon on page 25

1 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
Gird o its ain richt wi mony objects birlin aroond its mass. The f
in, his een tellt Galileo the objects maun'a been gauin aroond Jubi
necessar push tae Oort Clood objects. Ower millions o year bodies
3 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 62 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
r aicht thoosand airtifeecial objects birlin roond aboot the yird?
er or explodit, whiles e’en objects that’s been tint bi fowk wi
t’s nou ane o the brichtest objects in the sky. Misfortunately th
3 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
newspapers, whiles lichts an objects wis reportit as curious aside
yet awmaist naebody jaloused objects micht come fae ither warlds.
ewspaper reportit that unkent objects haed been seen fleein aboot n
ss in the Heilans. Whiles the objects flittit fast, thay said, an w
ae mair modren times o bricht objects hingin ower lanesome roads. N
15 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 71 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
r tae redd thair avatars, mak objects an vaige aboot seein awthing
thair time an skeel eikin new objects, sic as claes, hooses, launds
ade hissel, an maist aw ither objects athin Second Life, can be fre
3 matches

Ahmad, Nyla How We Celebrate – scrievin prompt, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
Wairm up: Objects
aroond ye and think aboot the objects ye can see. Think o whit thae
ye can see. Think o whit thae objects are used for. Whit is it that
re ready, scrieve a list o 10 objects and pit doon whit they’re u
a wee bit personality tae the objects. When ye’ve listed 10 objec
8 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
Unless we dry hump inanimate objects, like dugs dae? ?? Micht as w(2020)

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
ighton, the Curator o Chinese objects at this leadin Glesca museum, on page 5

2 matches

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