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Use in varieties of Scots

dale Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9 9.6 1.5 0 11.6 10.3 26.6
Number of occurrences2919 1 0 2 1 6
Number of authors19 9 1 2 1 6

Occurrences of dale in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
ang gowden hair, shinin lik a dale o sunripit corn noddin the br on page 14

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Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
qual o its marraes, yibbil ti dale wi onie subjek, mainner ir ci on page 13

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Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
The wes nichts whan he tuik a dale mair rumb an wattir nir hiz h on page 5

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
lls on fish-tumed waves; cast dale an scran on page 39

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Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
e gotten the very warst o the dale here; my eildest brither kin on page 42

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Like wind they scoored owre dale an' hill, on page 65

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
at kent him ir cryit til the dale, but Jocky o Millburn isna th on page 140

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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
bot nou A hed ti dale wi aw the stramash at aw the
id he ken the best mainner ti dale wi
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
cairried on gittin a healthy dale o fundin an tae uphaud the le
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
threaps that, as pairt o the dale tae revive the devolved Assem
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ike 'old bean', 'up hill down dale', 'chums', an 'a tad' as easy
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
isht bi Waverley Books, David Dale House, New Lanark, ML11 9DJ t
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
at Gaelic tae can git its ain dale o pit-doons. The'r echos thar
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
Languages an the saicont will dale wi Representations o Gender i
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
e Brussels tae lobby a better dale for the Scottish seine-net fi
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Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
LUVE dae ye dale tae ilk misterfu haun.
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@JakeMoyes1108 @pinkietufail4 dale - eer a legend in ma lifetim (2020) twitter link
elburgh best av ever seen the dale m8 - seen sum crackin games (2021) twitter link

Doric

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
r o the livin-room, an he wid dale oot the cards. He telt her th on page 18

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Thule Revisited, (Shetland For Wirds 2007) Shetland, poetry
an Dale.
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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
RT @DaveGiff : 'Snaa at da Dale o Waas' this weekend #Shetlan(2016) search twitter

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
d eet sayed at thar wurnae ae dale o gratiteed
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Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Dale wi it richt on the spot; on page 48

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McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
re guid crack, an mebbe mak a dale, on page 21

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
maun dale wi' mich uncertainty aboot fu on page 45

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Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Nae Sib/ dale’t hoosehauds
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Hume, David The Aldfreck Coalmining Disaster, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ballycarry, poetry
He maun hae thocht tae mak a dale
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Gillen, Charles Oot Here Mae Lane, (Words without Borders Magazine 2004) Ulster, prose
sale whun I first struck the dale, an'
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