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The word 'cells'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
cellsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.91914
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 4
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 cells in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
a be. Da police hedd him i da cells owernight. I canna tink what on page 74

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Cells shön spleet, med dee unique on page 19

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
akk wye fur the wirkers' life-cells.
r aa a body's needs, the life-cells war anely gien oot tae fit wa
ytowers fur the wirkers' life-cells – ye can bide on in the pen
3 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
foost an fags. The auld brain cells hiv kicked in at last. A’lb
1 matches

General Northern

Christie, Hilary Lallans 78 - Ma Freens in Chains, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, poetry
freen's freens growe i their cells, on page 74

1 matches

@glenlivetloon tweeted
say one thing... nae 2 brain cells tae rub the gither.(2019)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ers. The protests fae the twa cells silenced. . 'It's aw right,' on page 1

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
iliation, banged us up in the cells, jist till they checked oot o on page 28

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Big Schuil, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
"Ay, his wee brain cells is gaun like the clappers in
1 matches

Glasgow

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ome folk huvnae gat two brain cells tae rub together.
1 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Hush Nou, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
sprieds in cells
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
awbody wi mair than two brain cells tae rub taegether knew that T on page xvii
'd left school wi a few brain cells tae rub taegether, and as far on page 53

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
yer bei shehp cells o thoecht on page 65

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 62 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
dae untelt skaith tae leevin cells, the verra thing that aw life
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
an ambitious wark o airt the cells are generally gey impressive.
1 matches

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