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The word 'sally'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sallyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus51.916917
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 81.7 25 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.6 8 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 176.7 2 2
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 4104.1 125 1
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of sally in Corpus

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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
lookin forward tae readin dis Sally xx(2020)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
irry oan'," fuspered Winnie. "Sally fae Eric's wirk dis yon Ann S on page 14

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
k, sune efter Minnie's mither Sally an the kitchie deem Meg Ramsa
his dother than iver his wife Sally wis, fur he lued her as weel
e wis sae fond o spikkin. Yet Sally Bruce wisna coorse in the vic
a meetin o the kirk session. Sally Bruce, her mither, wis throwe
ter even than Matty's mither, Sally. Throwe the windae at his elb
23 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
e at her an shoutin, "Ay, the Sally Army, they ken fit it's aa ab on page 32

1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
soor sally we cried it on page 3

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
nin shouts acroass the room, "Sally, have you got the vouchers fo on page 124
are you two dain here?" it's Sally, eh? a plump lassie wae a sur on page 173

2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
reeginal picter wis pentit bi Sally J Collins, the kenspeckle Eas
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
), he becums sair browdent on Sally. At the stert, he gets monie on page 140

1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
Sally on page 58
o thit this sea-lion wis cawd Sally an oreeginally cam fae a circ on page 63

5 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
For aa the Sally Ann wi blessin gied on page 4

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
or leids o Scotland: no even Sally Daghlian's 'Cosmopolitan Scot on page 110

1 matches

@ThonJacobite tweeted
hey mak Scrooge look like the Sally Army.(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
t o’ us. Mrs Cooper fae the Sally Army would gie me and ma brit
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Yit ivery booin brench o the sally, on page 4

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Sally nir ma buttocks got on page 17

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
al, as advised bae hir freen, Sally. She checked the reflection o on page 18
Maisie waved at Sally, who was lik a sprig o holly on page 19
ousin o Leonard's." Maisie an Sally had stairtit tae walk side ba on page 20
Waterloo Road had tended tae Sally's wounds an chicked fur an oo on page 21
"H'lang?"? whuspert Sally. Daniel had heared the questi on page 22
Also on pages 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58
125 matches

General Ulster

Mc Donnell, John Joogins, (no publisher recorded 2020) Ulster, prose
t oot again...an back wae tha Sally rod...ye wee blirt ye...Mae g
1 matches

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