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The word 'maesel'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
maeselOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.6216
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
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
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 654 4 1
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 345.2 11 2
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 441.7 5 2
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 maesel in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ll fecht so much a canna hear maesel speakan-an they dinna seem ti on page 81

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
ter mony years when Ah luk at maesel, on page 3
So Ah says tae maesel Ah'll stap drinkin on page 14
An get maesel' some claes, on page 15
As for maesel', och, well, Ah'm no bothered on page 22

4 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ll bae too far aff tae bother maesel aboot yae: yae maun manage th on page 16
at a wile rate, mutterin tae maesel, es hae come, "Agh! The Duche on page 18
n! A'm seunnert baein up here maesel!" on page 20
"A cannae explain maesel, A'm feart, Sir," said Alice, on page 43
, jest what A wus gan tae say maesel." on page 70
Also on pages 85, 97
9 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Krisamas time is draa’in near, (Ullans Speakers Association 2011) Ulster - Coleraine, prose
- because A yince wus a wean maesel, an thocht oul Santa wus jest
A think maesel hard times maak ye gled o’
2 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Or lake maesel,' she said. on page 10
Getherin maesel, canny, on page 28
A wuz awa maesel, then, plowterin bak on page 29

3 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
An draw tha day intil maesel on page 30
Fae in maesel A'm na sae grand on page 47

2 matches

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