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The word 'menzies'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
menziesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.2176
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 45.8 14 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 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 menzies in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
seen gart her steer, fur Isie Menzies wis climmin up the knowe tae
throw his mither's fowk, the Menzies o Claggordie. The Menzies war
o Claggordie. The Menzies war clartit wi siller, aabody
frae the soss o Kilrogie. The Menzies wad be roupin oot efter the h
ach, atween the schule an the Menzies fairm o Tullynorth wis pooder
12 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
stage. A wee bit choryin frae Menzies, sweeties, pens, notepads, th
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
r fir a reed puddin Supper on Menzies Road.(2019)

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ŋj/ or /ŋ/ as in senzie and Menzies.) on page 17

1 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
(no plain Aonghas nor Angus) Menzies wha, Help ma Boab, is a 'shin on page 128

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
fur ae wheen yeir, ae George Menzies bade in
1 matches

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