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The word 'void'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
voidOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.71913
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 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 1
WCE - West Central 17.8 4 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 20.5 4 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of void in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
Ye try tae fill the void by shovin on Netflix. on page 33

1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Surrender tae i'void on page 124

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Northwords Now 43 - Shane Strachan, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Doric, poetry
Snug Bar eence stood - this void on page 19

1 matches

@glenlivetloon tweeted
e wis... mooths aff intae the void.(2020)

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
cey @RyanMusselburgh null and void is a kop out for lowland and (2021) twitter link
or the decision is null and void lol (2020) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
a spark, syne lowps frae the void, on page 56

2 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
teeth nor lips, jist an eerie void. These musicians werenae huma
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
in baith oor pairliaments are void, literally empty - spent fra
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
t aw he left behind him wis a void. A void that ma Jeanie could on page 12

2 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
t aw he left behind him wis a void. A void that ma Jeanie could
. A void that ma Jeanie could never fi
2 matches

General Central

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
een gawpin intae the void on page 30

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
as. Let thum scream intae the void, whaur naebody cin hear thum.(2020)

@raiphsays tweeted
we troll muted! Shout intae a void wee guy! :D(2020)

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ed green waal an chimley-stak void o smoke. She stepped intae th on page 50

1 matches

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