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The word 'dale'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
daleOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.12919
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
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 28.1 11 3
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 88.3 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of dale in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Thule Revisited, (Shetland For Wirds 2007) Shetland, poetry
an Dale.
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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
RT @DaveGiff : 'Snaa at da Dale o Waas' this weekend #Shetlan(2016)

General Northern

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
r o the livin-room, an he wid dale oot the cards. He telt her th on page 18

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(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
bot nou A hed ti dale wi aw the stramash at aw the
id he ken the best mainner ti dale wi
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
cairried on gittin a healthy dale o fundin an tae uphaud the le
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
threaps that, as pairt o the dale tae revive the devolved Assem
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ike 'old bean', 'up hill down dale', 'chums', an 'a tad' as easy
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
isht bi Waverley Books, David Dale House, New Lanark, ML11 9DJ t
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
at Gaelic tae can git its ain dale o pit-doons. The'r echos thar
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
Languages an the saicont will dale wi Representations o Gender i
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
e Brussels tae lobby a better dale for the Scottish seine-net fi
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@JakeMoyes1108 @pinkietufail4 dale - eer a legend in ma lifetim (2020) twitter link
elburgh best av ever seen the dale m8 - seen sum crackin games (2021) twitter link

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
at kent him ir cryit til the dale, but Jocky o Millburn isna th on page 140

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Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
LUVE dae ye dale tae ilk misterfu haun.
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Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
qual o its marraes, yibbil ti dale wi onie subjek, mainner ir ci on page 13

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Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
The wes nichts whan he tuik a dale mair rumb an wattir nir hiz h on page 5

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Ayrshire

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
e gotten the very warst o the dale here; my eildest brither kin on page 42

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General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
ang gowden hair, shinin lik a dale o sunripit corn noddin the br on page 14

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
lls on fish-tumed waves; cast dale an scran on page 39

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Like wind they scoored owre dale an' hill, on page 65

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South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
d eet sayed at thar wurnae ae dale o gratiteed
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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
Dale wi it richt on the spot; on page 48

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Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Gillen, Charles Oot Here Mae Lane, (Words without Borders Magazine 2004) Ulster, prose
sale whun I first struck the dale, an'
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Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Hume, David The Aldfreck Coalmining Disaster, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ballycarry, poetry
He maun hae thocht tae mak a dale
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Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
re guid crack, an mebbe mak a dale, on page 21

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General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
maun dale wi' mich uncertainty aboot fu on page 45

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Synthetic (no region)

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Nae Sib/ dale’t hoosehauds
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