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The word 'bale'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
baleOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.4119
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
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 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
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) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bale in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. New Lambs, Owld Stone, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
cino. Faalan asleep on a weet bale in the new shed at 4.45 am. S
1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
owse 'bale out, empty' (tae owse oot o d on page 72
owse 'bale out, empty' (tae owse oot o d on page 73

2 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
It sanna titch wi braith o bale on page 8

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
it intae a near bye park wi a bale o hey
1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
rested oan his unselt bale. on page 18

1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
ss o sorts castit him intae a bale o blazin tar, on page 33

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
O a bale that birns the sockets? Whae on page 88

1 matches

White, Ian Nimmo Lallans 73 - Whit credit crunch, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
it masel flocht ower a Senate bale-oot ? on page 51

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
In a ticht-boon bale hel thegither wi stranglin tw on page 16

2 matches

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