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The word 'reception'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
receptionOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12715
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 3
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.9 5 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 37.2 6 1
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
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 reception in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
he TV antenna and knocked his reception fur six. on page 16
ae the pew, Then, aff tae the reception. Oh, my. Whit a splendid do. on page 73

2 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
We woke up tae a frosty reception on page 115

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
ll o writers, an enthusiastic reception – an most o aa, the night w
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
Bit he wis gettin affa gweed reception fae Radio F.M. Bella, jist at on page 84

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
she fun ersel stannin it the reception desk o Primp 'n' Pummel. on page 80

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
eps an jyned the queue it the reception desk. on page 7
eed-faced Morrice wis doon it reception on page 9
.." Morrice made his wye by a reception desk an seatin area. "Joyce.. on page 12

3 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena Tales Fae The Doric Side - Overheard at Wetherspoons, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
So we sat doon at reception on page 32

1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
'The reception of Walter Scott's poetry in E on page 57
For 'the reception of Scott's poetry in Europe', on page 60

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
s master's erse greeted us in reception. Ah could see by the glare in on page 17
ma poison. Oan accoont ae the reception on page 30

2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
hrou the front door intae the reception ha, he seen an auld wifie sit
1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
nt in the toilet nixt tae the reception desk.
isn’t a toilet next to the reception?’’.
ube. Return it to the desk at reception by tomorrow. And on your way
attin awey kin be heard in at reception. Annoyinly they seem in high
4 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
timepiece. Surprisingly, the reception area is deserted but ma rare
. ‘’Now please vacate the reception area. I have other patients t
2 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
tition screens roon these wee reception seats tae hide yi fae the res on page 51

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
"Oh aye ye'll get dead guid reception at the terminal." The fuck di on page 3

1 matches

Kennedy, Julie Ma Mum and William Wordsworth, (Howkin Words Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1399988971) Central, prose
een light comes oan above the reception desk. on page 12

1 matches

General Central

@MartinBroon tweeted
e Oor best efforts at Hampden reception.Openin hou(2019)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
son @Jackson_Carlaw The phone reception is gey puir tae nane in Renfr(2020)