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The word 'poles'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
polesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.43019
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 47.4 4 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 16.3 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 21.4 16 8
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)
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 poles in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
thrapples on them like claes poles! Kevin the keeper gied them s
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
. They were lichts. Lichts on poles. But fit poles! 'Fit a hicht, on page 41

3 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
an some o's wad gie the clyse-poles a lick o creosote fan they on page 72

1 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ook aff oor bags an liftit up poles tae be safe. Inspector Tait w
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
toon tae Iqbal's fur some ice poles; soon as we come oot the shop on page 69

1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
they cun be here same as the Poles or the Lithuanians or the Ind
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
some o them want tae exclude Poles fae their wish-list o bannit on page 115

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
wae trackies on. They've git poles n wine bottles n their elder on page 60

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Atween the snaw poles at Rannoch whaur the moor beg on page 136

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Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
fences, hingin fae the drying poles like a flyin fox an nae Johnn
1 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 85 - Roads, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
Fields striped lik barber's poles, on page 10

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
has tae be made oot o strang poles, fae the trunks o trees, jist on page 6

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
rmentors goadit the snakes wi poles, and sune thae grippit Ragnar on page 14

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
ldiers in front o blue, metal poles that huv seen better days. Th on page 4

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
he schotten mang the jews and poles on page 8

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
er keppin thaim oan whan thai Poles wir doon thon airmy camp..." on page 66

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
is globe the'r north an sooth poles that's maistly happit in ice.
n sindry craters at baith the poles o the Moon. This is acause th
Yird, Mairs haes ice at baith poles made maistly fae jeelt carbon
t bumfle in the middle an the poles flatten oot. It is likely thi
thaim that blaws taewards the poles gaes wi it. The winds is at t
7 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
w it the back, wi mozit claes poles dottit its lenth. No enuch ta
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
cables in the grund or alang poles. The telephone – Greek for
1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
The twa Poles, Edyta an Tomasz, stuid a wee
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
glish Scots for Independence, Poles for an Independent Scotland,
1 matches

South East (Borders)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
d Walking boots and clothing, poles maybe. Might sound a bit over(2020)