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The word 'barrel'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
barrelOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus13.14221
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 29.4 9 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 23.7 2 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 74.3 7 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.4 10 6
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of barrel in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
He dump'd id in the barrel ootside the byre door, on page 82

1 matches

Shetland

Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
Johnston stöd'im asyd da barrel. on page 21

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
A'm packit mony a barrel foo on page 56

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
e turn't up we a great mukkul barrel a syder. '"'Yaahoo" aroart. W on page 33

6 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
n a thoosan herrin inno ilkie barrel. Twa weemin guttit; the ither
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat If I Catch Ye I'll Eat Ye, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ally got some charge doon the barrel and teen the ramrod and tampe
exitement. She hut the musket barrel in the air jist as the flint
2 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
slid his haan alang the steel barrel o the gun. Oh, but it wis caa on page 34

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ten apple can spoil the whole barrel. You don't imagine I'll enjoy on page 17

1 matches

General Northern

Johnston, Mary Lallans 82 - Life Spang, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
t get tae scrape e boddom o e barrel, I'm aye supposed ti be deein on page 26

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
a shot or twa fae his double barrel
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
st your Saturday nights are a barrel o laughs min! #afchistory #ni(2017)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
n, yur starin doon the double barrel ae thirty years ae pain and d on page 14
er bunny starin doon a double barrel. In a desperate attempt tae d on page 43

2 matches

Peffers, Bob A Aboot Mid-Camps, Kirnitten, Bi East Cawther, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
ad yaise watter frae a watter barrel whit stood ootside the door a
1 matches

West Central

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
a boorach o cowboys wi double-barrel names. An aw the unstoppable
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
it tae the door, 'look in yon barrel. Ower there by the wa!' on page 98
gotten at the harbour, a tar barrel pit in an lichtit, an then so on page 126

7 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
minimise it bouncin’ in the barrel bit A’d no’ primed it, in
perly. A decided tae rest the barrel in the fork o’ the branch o
ime tae think, A levelled the barrel an’ sighted the Fox, aboot
3 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
y joost rolls his eyes at me. Barrel ae laughs these pricks are. on page 103

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
a last gless o beer frae the barrel in the scullery, and stottert on page 6

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
in the barrel o a gun. 'He's awa!' yowled M on page 85
de the muckle chocolate-mixin barrel. I doot ye'll find him in the on page 89
r and dooked a fingir intae a barrel o clatty yella stuff and had on page 100

4 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
p... Help ma boab! It wis the barrel o a gun! \n a skelp, Mr Tod w on page 12

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
as black as a tar barrel on page 10

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
oad, son.’ The driver wis a barrel-kistit man. Grippin Wullie’
1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
here awright... bottom of the barrel...Best of luck wae whoever ye(2019)

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