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The word 'cal'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
calOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.43012
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 52.3 16 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 654 4 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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 36.3 2 1

Occurrences of cal in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
tteren heis. Eit weis freezen cal, an kreepee, cus thi rail's o on page 4
t hait air an fyre up, lyke a cal start. Weel eit wurket fyne, on page 12
Thi sea is weet, Thi sea is cal on page 35
full thi bottle's we water an cal tae. Thain we Iiokket up an h on page 39
m fur a curn acroo. So en thi cal dark winteree mornen's we fyr on page 50
Also on pages 51, 57, 59, 60, 61, 69
14 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
yer han - up te yer erse in cal water." on page 34

1 matches

Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
Callum? Yer daener’s steen cal!" skerls his mam.
1 matches

General Northern

@Franwella tweeted
in am jist jei'lt (feelin' th cal, frozen)(2014)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
passed doon the generations. Cal fire on en ah!(2017)

(South) East Central

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
es when the winter weather is cal and frosty ootside and nippin
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
truith - they were a medi-~ cal detail takin casualties fae C
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
gliskin an cal lik frost on page 9

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
labelled on arrival, grannies cal tae thir shilbit banes, wir y on page 24

1 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Tho' o' haes cal'in he wis proud, on page 12
Al'wiys cal'd thim fish; on page 23
They hae' started cal'in'Wullie mister, on page 26
Tae a place cal'd ooter space; on page 39

4 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Less tha 'cal' be lood an strang. on page 28

1 matches

General Ulster

Mc Donnell, John Joogins, (no publisher recorded 2020) Ulster, prose
wain a snaked intae whut wis cal,d tha guid room...oany used a
1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
Tha furst follaers gets tha cal on page 77
Levi gets tha cal on page 78

2 matches

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