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mabel Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words29.6 8.2 101 0 23.2 41.3 17.7
Number of occurrences9516 67 0 4 4 4
Number of authors12 5 4 1 1 1

Occurrences of mabel in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
aw; an ah'm sure ah cannae be Mabel, cause ae aw soarts ae hings, on page 19
as she went oan, "Ah must be Mabel efter aw, an ah'll hiv tae go on page 20

4 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ets; an I'm shuir I cannae be Mabel, for I ken maist things, an s on page 18
he gaed on, "I dout I must be Mabel efter aa, an I'll hae tae gan on page 19

4 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
rsel and bring oot yon cider, Mabel,' the voice cawed. 'Ye ken Mr on page 66
'Ye can hae the heid insteid, Mabel. Ye can hae it tuffed and hin on page 69
'Guidsakes, Mabel, I dinna care sae lang as ye on page 70
'Aye, mistress, Mabel said. She sclimmed slowly oot on page 71

4 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
‘I’m the ghost of Auntie Mabel, this pound note stays on the
‘I’m the ghost of Auntie Mabel, this pound note stays on the
‘I’m the ghost of Auntie Mabel, this pound note stays on the
3 matches

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Doric

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
n te be the best big brither. Mabel's a lucky wee quine." on page 91
an the games room turnt inte Mabel's nursery. on page 92
grandchild. Weel, Ah wis till Mabel arrived. Ah'm glaid the new b on page 93
Are ye lookin forrit te seein Mabel?" Granda aims his sweetie pap on page 94
Mabel's lyin in a plastic cot. A we on page 96
Also on pages 97
14 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e the duncin, yon muckle, fat Mabel fae the butcher's keepit aski on page 85

3 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
t all; an A'm sure A canna be Mabel, for A ken all sorts o things on page 18
Mabel efter all, an A'll hev till g on page 19

4 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
as a lintie. 'This is Auntie Mabel's wee kittlin: it's nae hoose on page 77

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Mabel pottered aboot in the gairden
health for a lot o years but Mabel hid managed tae work at the c
the toon a couple o times and Mabel hid teen early retirement tae
struck ten so wi a wee groan Mabel straachtened hersel up fae th
Mabel didna like gyan intae the kit
45 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
t ava; an A'm sure I canna be Mabel, for I ken aa kinds o things, on page 19
n as shö guid on, "I most be Mabel efter aa, an A'll hae ta geng on page 20

4 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
w; an Ah'm share Ah cannae b' Mabel, cos Ah ken o sorts o stuff, on page 18
as she went oan, "Ah must b' Mabel richt enough, an Ah'll hae ta on page 19

4 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ringlets ava; an A cudnae bae Mabel, fur A know aal soarts o thin on page 19
es shae went on, "A must bae Mabel efter aal, an A']l hae tae go on page 20

4 matches

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