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The word 'platform'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
platformOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus14.74929
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 2
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 7.3 3 2
WCE - West Central 35.5 8 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 41 8 4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 18.4 14 11
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 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 platform in Corpus

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Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Halter neck tops and platform shoes. on page 42
baseball cep a landeen platform on page 149

2 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Hit wis a roadmap raised on a platform wi a silver box foo o cars ta
1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
ae tell me Parler is a better platform as Twitter so ????? https://t(2021)

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
on. Thi boatie's maid a great platform, So's ye could leen ower an s on page 1

1 matches

Shepherd, Robbie Harknin tae the braw souns, (John Benjamin 2000) Doric, newspaper
is tae gie buddin musicians a platform tae appear in front o an aadi
the Musselburgh festival wi a platform ready-made?
aid than deen, bit athoot the platform set oot bi Max Houliston, ye
3 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
for every media platform on page 25

1 matches

General Northern

@daleser23 tweeted
@CallumC19 platform shutdoon. Cana be helped. I j(2013)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
yae gee yur local comedians a platform tae humiliate thumsels." As h on page 104

1 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
rchistic- maun be that thrawn platform fir art an poetry tae mak an
e hame tae hert an heid. Ilka platform, ilka wird is wirth promeuvin
2 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
runchbull parauded on tae the platform. Nane ae the ither teachers c on page 112
ng syne. She walked ontae the platform wearin a manky white pinnie. on page 117
! Ye'll no get doon affy this platform and naebody leaves this hall on page 121
l stood like a stookie on the platform. She'd a coupon like a cuddie on page 125
d the bits skited aw ower the platform. on page 127

7 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
ssel president an set furth a platform o nae compulsory taxes, nae g
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
fund oorsels excluded fae the platform in Edinburgh's Meadows park w on page 105

1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
uckle barn, on a kin o raised platform, Major wis aaready sattelt on
the strae richt forenent the platform. The hens perched theirsels o
2 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
os ae the ice. It's git a wee platform on the back n open doors fur on page 35

2 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
r mair oan the creakin medium platform. on page 3

2 matches

Atkins, Elise Billy Barr ’n’ Jonny Jimison’s Day Oot!, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central, prose
lay billiards wi, an’ oan a platform above the rest wiz Edinburgh
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
aqueous partition between the platform an the stairs leadin tae the
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
where ah’m staunin oan the platform. Ah examine their positions s
al lookin strides acroass the platform flair, lookin up at me, then
2 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
ckle barn, on a kind o heezed platform, Major wis awready stanced, u on page 6

2 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
e weel Ah mind staunin on the platform at Barry station on a bitter on page 120

1 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
the media. The awards gies a platform tae a hantle o screivers, gro
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
stage wis an overt poleitical platform. Randall Stevenson scrieves i
1 matches

Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
pt tae be yersel’ on the ‘platform.’ The advice is surely Mind
1 matches

Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
he SNP’s successes, but the platform for chynge disna belange ainl
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ed (no tae mention lucrative) platform o international sport is a po
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
the Scots language is gied a platform. Amang the events this year a
1 matches

Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
sh culture gie’en a lairger platform. This wadna ainlie encourage
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
get the buildin on the movin platform? Hou ur they movin the struct(2020)

@raiphsays tweeted
rt is a print tae order shoap platform fer artists!(2020)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
I mind standing on a railway platform in SE England and after the 4 (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Yer platform shoes and muckle flairs on page 14

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
ve. Wee Jack crashin doon the platform on his bike squealin byeee! t on page 79

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
it concourse and head fir the platform.
1 matches

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