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The word 'themes'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
themesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92314
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
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 18.4 14 7
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) 58.1 1 1
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 themes in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
people bring to school.' Key themes in the English an Literacy cu
ten throwe inter-disciplinary themes;
2 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
rt explorin local an national themes will hing upon the waas. Airt
1 matches

(South) East Central

Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
wha maistly didna choose his themes, and considerations o 'hackne on page 95

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
Habbie on some controversial themes the likes o the NHS, asylum s
1 matches

General Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
act form aften wi sentimental themes ir locked intil historical an on page 37
eid an commitment til radical themes hid a lastin influence on mem on page 39
aize cin depend freely on the themes an topics A'm addressin. An A on page 40

5 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 102 - Editorial: Jean Tamson’s Bairns, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
tak on tentfou environmental themes. Forby there are screivins an on page 9

2 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ife an a wheen ither leemitit themes. The’r the ither problem th
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
ticles we will raik an reenge themes sib tae the question o life a
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
the themes
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Review: O is for Hoolet, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
tae provoke discussion o its themes an message.
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
ve poems, monie o which share themes and language wi poem 49.
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
engage wi moral and romantic themes.
. As wi Poem 49, their female themes thegither wi their anonymity
2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
uik. Whyle a wheen threids an themes rin throu the plot, the centr on page 87

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
y dell. "Maist times I fairer themes embrace: Tae fond recall a pa on page 59

1 matches

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