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The word 'pc'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pcOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.41812
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 18 7 3
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 pc 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.

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
m, etc, an whidder or no d'ir PC. on page 102

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
oo that I'm on line Wi ma new PC Some deem me on page 15

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
h onything!” Galvanised the PC made awa.
1 matches

South Northern

Diansangu, Mae naebdy likes a clype, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
PC lumsden. but she wid aywis
1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
He nodded tae the polisman. 'PC Walters. He'll take some note on page 1

4 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
intae Scots history. The non-PC tumshie-heid that introduced
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
ower, they wad hiv tae hae a PC wi Broadband an e-mail, a dup
1 matches

Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
e caa a cheil a Tory. In thir PC days aiblins they’ll bring
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
befreendit Horace and, in 39 pc goat him a knock-doon tae Rom on page 101
Crack the pc terminology code, an ye'll ne on page 118

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
throu the hunner cuts o it's-PC-gone-mad. Double points forby
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
this is Sergeant Muldoon and PC Blakley, your community offic on page 59
cGiver rushes tae huv a look. PC Blakley is awready aff sprint on page 60

2 matches

General Central

@LairnScots tweeted
wser, an work oan a tablet or PC: https://t.co/vXeokzFDew http (2020) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Evie OOR WULLIE’S SEASON’S GREET, (Largs Writers Group 2015) Central - Largs, prose
istmas Crackers play alang wi PC Murdoch, an’ it did sound c
1 matches

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