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The word 'battles'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
battlesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12619
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 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 23.7 2 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 53.1 5 2
EDN - Edinburgh 31.4 5 3
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
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 battles in Corpus

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Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
d aboot the start o the First Battles o the Somme duran the Battle on page 39

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
wir done little idder as loss battles an pit up wi usurpers. Edwin on page 26

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
an battles still fornenst da tidal rip. on page 34

1 matches

Mid Northern A

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
pitches, Highland Games, and battles (Haughs o Cromdale). (2020) twitter link

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
be lettin ither men fecht yer battles for ye. on page 38

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
s o hell. For some o them the battles aye went on, inside their hei on page 18

1 matches

(South) East Central

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
oss that he’s done that. The battles to win the dregs of the labou(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
100% - witnessed many great battles with this club against teams (2020) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
odger wha had focht that mony battles she wis never fleggit. 'It's on page 100

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Focht stieve, haurd battles, on page 85

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an previous battles wir tane inta effect, on page 43
Aboot thi battles fought an won on page 85

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
micht be better thinkin o the battles that went on as mair like int on page 14
fer some reason hae cried the battles o this period the Wars o Inde on page 22

3 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ry’s maist kenspeckle legal battles. The’ war allegations o emb
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Aye! It recalls auld battles, past,
Sangs o’ battles, grim an’ gory,
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
hat the vivid memories ae his battles wae cancer wur plaguin ma min
days, likes. When his regular battles wae the cushions wis legendar
2 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
wur mad cunts. Pure nineties battles where on page 10
ops. They tell us aboot other battles n the elder burds we've only on page 22

2 matches

General Central

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
he gave us aa the dates o the battles an aboot Bonnie Prince Chairl on page 120

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@Chazzbat tweeted
ye're haen tae fecht the same battles Ah've bin fechtin aa ma life.(2020)

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
battles that were focht on page 20

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West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Focht mony hard owl battles, so that despots did nae rule on page 44

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