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Use in varieties of Scots

ling Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.3 4.6 7.5 9.9 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences179 5 1 1 0 1
Number of authors10 4 3 1 1 1

Occurrences of ling in Corpus

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Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"Ding-a-ling the bell will bounce." on page 8

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
acups wad chynge tae the ting-ling o sheep-bells, an the skreich on page 44

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
, flouers bedeck yer hair and ling comes tae yer croon, whan ye on page x
he Caledonian Fir, the purple ling and hallaed umbels on page 13
Here's whaur the ling and rid campion cam tae die on page 55

3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
" the teir makkit a clane ling doun ae cheke." on page 4
an at the teir makkit a clane ling doun ae cheke. on page 5

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
doun the ling, ti Burntisland, he telt thai
en o the ling. The duirs wes cawed ajie wi
2 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
he Thai bride disaster - yon Ling Ting wis a richt pig in a pok on page 35

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Buys twinty carrots an a ling on page 156

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
un fur pollen frae the purple ling, a pugglit bumbee zigzagged r
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
nty, the door gaed ‘Tring-a-ling’ as it ay did fin it opened
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
the bamboo rod, Caught many a ling and reedware cod. on page 71

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
muted shades in its mixture a ling heddir, an burra, an coorse g on page 91

1 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
wer the sookin fog an gruppin ling, on page 6

1 matches

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