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The word 'pencils'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pencilsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.1109
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 pencils in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
headie-craa, an der slates an pencils wis been fun an haandit back on page 118

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
-an upset, an their slates an pencils hed been found an handed back on page 113

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
gh whit the fuck A waanted wi pencils and notepads. When wid A ivve
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
hope ye've aw brocht yer ain pencils,' she said. on page 62
n wis ready. Lavender pit her pencils back in her drookit pencil-ca on page 134

2 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
the shock, an their slates an pencils'd aw been fun an gave back ta on page 115

1 matches

Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
ce, but you could hear ah the pencils gan, as if a wee army o ants
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
heir box, an their sclates an pencils fand an haundit back tae thai on page 44

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
pled ower, an their slates an pencils hae bin funnd an gien back ta on page 116

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
aein upset, an thir slates an pencils had bin fun an haundet baak t on page 117

1 matches

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