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The word 'aisle'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
aisleOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.32718
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 32.7 10 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
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 aisle in Corpus

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Orkney

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Me feet hivna tramped an aisle. on page 102

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ed me - I followed her up da aisle tryin ta coont da rings - se on page 42

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
black-suitit, doon da aisle ahint da beadle on page 30

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
nally ye tak yer bride up the aisle Life will be rosy - at least on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
DOON, Winnie! Ye'r fullin the aisle ye'v an erse like a district on page 20
wis sittin bi ersel ower the aisle. on page 41
o' wis comin rummlin doon the aisle wi a trolley, dishin oot the on page 42
en an er heid lollin inte the aisle. on page 46
s he meeved silently doon the aisle. He slippit inte the widden s on page 74

5 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
hey steed up an filed ben the aisle o the plane. on page 7
- she's awa te waak doon the aisle again...an aat'll bi her four on page 77

2 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Ah’ll waak ye doon the aisle quine - bit anely if ye hurl(2018)

@FaeFoggie tweeted
caldamac Aye. In the big tool aisle(2019)

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
n Cinderella marchin doon the aisle. on page 88

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
he jist waltzed right up the aisle on page 169

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
big poke wis passed doon the aisle. Beatrice waved it on. If she
rnt tae the wumman across the aisle fae him and spake in Chinese.
2 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
wha's chattin across the aisle tae her mannie on page 52

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
the makin. Hauf way doon the aisle, she looks behind hur, eyes w on page 7

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Gaun up the aisle wi lace knickers, on page 135

1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
goin mental in the vegetable aisle.
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
n walk thae chancers doon the aisle.' on page 21

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
d Sandra both walked doon the aisle in 1978 in the same aff-white on page 11

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
room, ye cin try it on in the aisle. Ah did that when ah bocht a (2020)

South West (Galloway)

Tindal, Betty Lallans 67 - Two poems by Betty Tindal, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Oan opposite sides o the aisle as usual- on page 129

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
lt et me as he maircht up the aisle and plunkt hissel doon aside
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
s, as the bride glides up the aisle, on page 18

1 matches

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