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The word 'baltic'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
balticOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.12922
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 3
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 27.1 5 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.7 8 6
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 1
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of baltic in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Fairbairn, Jamie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Banff, newspaper
yersel though, it'll be fair baltic. Gin ye heed up tae Bowies Be on page 37

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
l o Norway an Sweden inno the Baltic Ocean, throw the Gulf o Finla
1 matches

General Northern

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - A keik at the Swedish game o bandy, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
n an aroun Scandinavia an the Baltic. Fowk sic as Hans Stuart, Jak
1 matches

@Franwella tweeted
It's baltic oot there brrrrrrrr(2012)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
park the day #silversands was baltic bit nae once I got yon carava(2017)

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
a interviewee luiked absolute Baltic, up tae near the tap o his bi
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ckin door behind cos it's sae baltic. Enterin the livin room ah re on page 63

1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
˜Need tae crank it up, it’s baltic in here theday.’
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
nicuikAth good stuff - aways baltic at the cookie m8 - good for (2020) twitter link
fair doos tae these lads on a baltic night - b oan the vale (2021) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
y sorry, ah said. Pure fuckin baltic ootside, said Laura. Ah said on page 169

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Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
"It's bloody baltic oot here. Dunno why yous want
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ose n gawn crazy. It's dark n baltic, a right dry night wae a cris on page 16

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
gth ay it. The room is fuckin baltic an steam fae ma breath as wel
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
shitein dug. ‘It’s fuckin baltic man.’ he sais. Nothin gets
don’t know it’s gonnae be baltic in the middle ay February the
2 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
It’s baltic ootside. Ah rush up the stair
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
smile, but moan insteid. It's Baltic, ah hink, lookin up at the gr on page xv

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
itted hoose and shore tae the baltic on page 8

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@g_hibby tweeted
ld place mate... As ye say... Baltic oot there.. ?? (2023) twitter link

@DABArbuckle tweeted
skuill and then tae the cubs. Baltic(2020)

@weenell3 tweeted
bby... I can confirm its pure baltic oot there ?????????????????? (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
#Scots #baltic #SnowDay #freezing https://t. (2021) twitter link
wirds in Scots fir when we're baltic in snawy weather, or drookit (2019) twitter link
he weather. #Scots #ScotsEdu #baltic @BBCScotWeather @BeingScots @ (2018) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
and the trauchle of baltic, foonert and droukit on page 8

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Here’s the Weather, (Scottish Poetry Library 2017) Central, poetry
and the trauchle of baltic , foonert and droukit
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
whan he wasnae as ful as the Baltic." on page 21

1 matches

General Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
well happed up the day, pure Baltic!(2021)