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The word 'aldo'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
aldoOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus58.51943
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 446.1 173 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 111.6 18 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
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 aldo in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e enough tae smell the blood. Aldo knoacked this boays front tee on page 33
"So Aldo, hud thoat the boay said, Pak on page 34
t me thenow but ah've no seen Aldo in here fur nearly a week. Ma on page 35
really wisnae any excuses fur Aldo and the borderline insane wae on page 36
be Columbo tae ken who it is: Aldo, He alweys makes the same stu on page 37
Also on pages 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 83, 84, 95, 96, 97, 98, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112
167 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
a station, fur fuck’s sake, Aldo’’ he complains. Aw seriou
‘’Ah’m sorry, Aldo” he says “Awrite? But thi
these gossipin bastards that Aldo hinks wae his heid these days
a fuckin popularity contest, Aldo’’ he challenges me. “ D
’Jist be careful in here, Aldo’’ he warns me. ‘’Marv
6 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ae that processed shite fur, Aldo’’
be a better place with maire Aldo’s aboot. So, what dae hinks
onnae be the untimely end fur Aldo. In a half-conscious state ah
3 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
well be the premature end ae Aldo and Bruce’s story, eh? Ah f
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
‘’Aldo’’ he gasps, glowerin dire
‘’Ken suttin, Aldo? You really do need tae lay o
s at me withoot blinkin ‘’Aldo, ah dinnae ken what tae say.
’You wantin any Ice n aw, Aldo?’’
‘’That’s Justine’s, Aldo.’’ Dougie states, pointin
10 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
e is a doactur fur fuck sake, Aldo’’ snipes Dougie who’s s
moan, yae kin tell yur uncle Aldo?’’
rgery ah feel like a re-born, Aldo. Ah git ma iPhone oot and hei
‘’Goggz, mate? it’s Aldo. That motor ah turned yae oan
4 matches

General Central

@OliphantWullie tweeted
16 Lugs twitched when A heard Aldo wis on 'The Chase' last night (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
bitheadal99 no botherd a fuck aldo#allinthenameofun(2013)