A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'dolls'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dollsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.4118
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
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) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of dolls in Corpus

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Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Dolls klaze meed fae scraps an odds on page 47

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
en special. Yun set a Russian dolls du sees apo da dresser, dat w on page 18

1 matches

West Central

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
leid gets on its gladrags an dolls itsel up for 2019, the grand
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
ies showin aff their prams an dolls. Joost me, mah uncle an a big on page 174

1 matches

Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
a ‘highly active’ haunted dolls hoose’, and somewan else wh
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
r lassies look like porcelain dolls. Sandra hus Donald's black ha on page xiii
n oan playin mammies wi their dolls efter this. Mind ye, Sandra's on page xv

2 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
ools an biggit twa wee wuiden dolls, wi jintit airms an legs. Syn
1 matches

@raiphsays tweeted
@SHELDOMNI Oooh a hus a braw dolls hoose!! ??(2020)

East Antrim (Larne)

@Angelinekking tweeted
@AshAshoneill A brave wheen o dolls there. Mair buddies next time(2020)
menAloudNI Och, ye've made 45 dolls frae Norn Irn wile happy!(2020)