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Use in varieties of Scots

dials Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 2.1 3 9.9 0 0 17.7
Number of occurrences114 2 1 0 0 4
Number of authors8 4 2 1 1

Occurrences of dials in Corpus

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Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
apen wi a fraized leuk on oor dials. on page 59

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
the phones also haed muckle dials on page 34

1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
™s cunts gurnin, oot ay their dials, in near hypnotic states, mak
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Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ight like this. Stingin their dials, yet, skeleton drunks in impr
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
. "Goad, jist look at aa them dials an switches an levers. An fit on page 87

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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
t seen enough. I play wie the dials for a while, listening to the
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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
knotted dials tickan / chewan on page 10

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Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
thir dials richt awa. Thur wus the soun on page 79
baecaas they wur lyin on thir dials, an the pattern on thir backs on page 80
n; an baith cretters hid thir dials in thir paas. on page 97

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