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The word 'superior'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
superiorOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62214
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 48.8 11 5
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 3
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central
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 superior in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
on. “Don't you stand when a superior walks into the room?”
Well don't you stand when a superior enters the room!” But it wi
2 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Mither Superior ett i'bun on page 159

6 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
shoes an beets o a Singularly Superior Quality, wis compressit by a on page 118

1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
e etc. That was fine, against superior opposition we were in the gam (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
@TolquhonGallery Superior as weel(2020)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
e humble Buttery/Rosie, a far superior version o a croissant by the (2020)
The Aberdeen Rowie is by far superior. https://t.co/O2u1PTyf2H(2019)

West Central

@MizLiot tweeted
hey hae tae mak themsels feel superior (2021) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
but it wisnae lang afore the superior nummers o the Picts began tae on page 15

1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
The prisoner's een looked superior, on page 112

1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
nd owersaw the lave. Wi their superior knawledge it wis natural they
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
isation disna juist consist o superior wappons!” Than tae her asto
1 matches

Glasgow

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
sement o said suspension by a superior within a period no exceedin
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
gely, enjoyin his position ay superior knowledge fur wance.
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Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
their grip an submits tae the superior man.
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
er tae the feudal court o his superior - Farquhar o Gilmilnscroft - on page 72

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