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The word 'vampire'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
vampireOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.2147
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
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 vampire in Corpus

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General Northern

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
t me straicht oot that ee's a vampire - ye can believe aat if ye l on page 40

4 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Nine Fragments - III, (Lowdown-L 2009) Central - Central, prose
, Ísabel jalouzed this wis a vampire. Sic a differ the ar atween w
ildin site that nicht for the vampire tae kythe, but she didna. Syn
2 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
aves me feelin as if ah’m a vampire fae the fuckin lost boays.
1 matches

General Central

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Betty the Vampire Slagger on page 3

4 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
in sleekit vampire semmits, on page 23

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 63 - Stravaigin The Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
es, lik the fitbawfish an the vampire ink-fish fae Hecklebirnie, ca
1 matches

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
1978uk Ahm practising fir any vampire cum near me, ye dinnae mind.(2020)