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The word 'seals'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sealsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92216
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
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 325.5 2 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 25.1 4 2
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 62.8 2 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 seals in Corpus

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Shetland

@tattooedselkie tweeted
@lauraaloane Yis, seals at kin shed dir pelts tae bec(2021)

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
lines!" said e Mock Turtle. "Seals, turtles, salmon, an so on: t on page 95

1 matches

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
(Maantie) wha can chairm the seals wi her voice but suffers frae on page 124

1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
(Maantie) wha can chairm the seals wi her voice but suffers frae
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
o the boat. Weel at's fit the seals seemed tae say as ey lay lazi
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e the rest ae these performin seals. on page 53

1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
y the seasons. PVC, check the seals.(2020)

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
s mainly meant seal meat. Nou seals were sometime huntit fer thei on page 37

2 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Devourin’ bath tub seals.
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
the jooglin hadna braken nae seals or shooglet oot the catalyst.
the jooglin hadna braken nae seals or shooglet oot the catalyst.
y fault. I didn’t check the seals after I took the bitch over t
3 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
s!" shoutit the Mock Turtle. "Seals, turtles, salmon, an the like on page 97

1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
o sight an closed the velcro seals oan her ensemble.
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
nes!" cried the Mock Turtle. "Seals, turtles, saumon, an sae on: on page 44

1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
cliffs tae luik doun oan grey seals sunnin thirsels. Wi yin blink on page 14

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ines!" cried th Mock Turtle. "Seals, turtles, salmon, an that: th on page 98

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
heir backs aboot their luve o seals. on page 11

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
s!" guldert the Mock Turtle. "Seals, turtles, salmon, an sae on; on page 98
"Seals an eels, o coorse," the Gryph on page 102

2 matches

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