| call | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Corpus | 62.6 | 209 | 76 |
| ORK - Orkney | 59.6 | 6 | 2 |
| SHD - Shetland | 46.5 | 8 | 4 |
| TON - Tonge | |||
| NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) | 316.5 | 9 | 1 |
| NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) | |||
| MNA - Mid Northern A | 13.1 | 4 | 3 |
| MNB - Mid Northern B | |||
| SNO - South Northern | |||
| ABN - Aberdeen | 31.5 | 3 | 2 |
| DOR - General Northern | 106.4 | 24 | 11 |
| NEC - North East Central | |||
| SEC - (South) East Central | 63.4 | 26 | 7 |
| WCE - West Central | 66.6 | 15 | 4 |
| DUN - Dundee | 297.4 | 28 | 2 |
| EDN - Edinburgh | 86.8 | 14 | 4 |
| GLA - Glasgow | 133.2 | 26 | 7 |
| AYR - Ayrshire | 32 | 3 | 1 |
| LAL - General Central | 32.8 | 25 | 20 |
| SEA - South East (Borders) | 24.2 | 2 | 2 |
| SWE - South West (Galloway) | 27.9 | 2 | 2 |
| DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) | |||
| WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) | 163.5 | 1 | 1 |
| CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) | 62.8 | 2 | 1 |
| BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) | |||
| SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) | |||
| BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast) | |||
| PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) | 35.7 | 1 | 1 |
| EUL - East Antrim (Larne) | 131.3 | 4 | 1 |
| GUL - General Ulster | 170.6 | 6 | 2 |
| SYN - Synthetic (no region) |
Lamb, Gregor Lamb’s Tales, (The Orkney Dictionary 2005) Orkney, prose
Stop the car Mervyn (we’ll call him) is faan oot,’ bit she
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Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
"Oh no - we wouldn't call our sister a name like that! on page 35
2 matches
De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
this may seem like a strange call, but our cat Smootie has come
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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
petrels, or alamooties as we call dem, still inside da Broch wa(2019)
de tae hear a particular bird call. My first wagtail o da year f(2014)
ediepuss I think folk used to call them Grice's Ingins here. Pig(2020)
@LastWomble It's what we call yellow iris. I think the root(2020)
@FaeFoggie tweeted
eesidedon @cligeey I'll pit i call oot.(2019)
@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
fer the bairns spikkin it an call oot teachers fer sayin it or (2020) twitter link
Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
y tae the tap fan Ah felt the call o naitur, an thocht tae unswe on page 12
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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
e chap with me, Mrs Morrison. Call back in half an hour. We’ll
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Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
its craiter howled its siren call on page 23
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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Jist call on me an I'll sen it alang on page 70
5 matches
Christie, Hilary Lallans 78 - Ma Freens in Chains, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, poetry
Aneth the call, clear, still lift on page 74
1 matches
Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
ure of coorse wis giein him a call.
1 matches
Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
r that Jonsar Eck got a phone call ae nicht. It wis
bush she got a call fae nature.(She wis needin a
ocht ten bags an asked me tae call again the next
nowt. That's fan I wid get a call fae the mannie at Sandhole.
wis needed, I wid get anither call tae help oot as he wis
5 matches
McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
age maun hae kent thare wis a call-oot an nae doot aw
1 matches
TheChielMeister Nae mince in Moray, (youtube.com 2008) Doric, poetry
ddy guid mind tae mak a phone call
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@72redz1903 tweeted
@StanCollymore Thats fit we call a racist in these parts (2020) twitter link
@beast_afc tweeted
nitch. Dinae use this cowboy. Call Shay @Shay2920 #snitch #cowbo(2020)
@ScotlandNT Call up @Ryanp0rteous_ . Consi nee(2020)
@Franwella tweeted
Aye, half one! Efter anither Call. Turns oot it nivir made it o(2020)
but noo am waitin fir th call centre operator tae get back (2020)
ill on hold ten mins efter th call centre operator went tae find(2020)
@glenlivetloon tweeted
ots you'll hear fit'ba' - we call balls 'baas' and our 'maw' ou(2020)
Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
's aw aboot 'Whit time dae ye call this?' an 'Whin're you gettin on page 1
1 matches
Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
ht he suddenly rings us fae a call-box. Tells us hou ti get ti t on page 70
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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
he watch. Oan aboot the fifth call ah made, we were put in touch on page 17
a new voicemail. And when ah call it back it's fae Justine. She on page 82
e ma surprise it's actually a call fae a landline number which a on page 144
his Thursday mornin ah goat a call fae a private number. At firs on page 156
s boaxer seconds away fae his call. "Caroline filled me in oan h on page 179
Also on pages 181
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Gilmour, Rosie Haimster Pairty, (Scots Hoose 2016) Central, weans
A tried tae call Lily hame wi a wee bit aiple
1 matches
Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
whit ma auld mither used tae call, a bauchle but whit he lacked
he third execution (we didnae call them murders) that they reali
2 matches
Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
replaced. So it wis whit they call a “cut and shut” but no a
e off a bit as we decided tae call it a day. The rods were disma
2 matches
Crawford, Ross Mindin, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
r, ah received a choked phone-call fae ma da. Ah couldnae hug hi
1 matches
@kennethbryce184 tweeted
est football league anyway - call it now and save us from the b (2021) twitter link
rence brian - between a defo call off n a dodgy one lol (2020) twitter link
or saturday lol - as for the call offs last night - couple o p (2020) twitter link
lfie taken wae her at the sky call centre at livvy - widnae sto (2020) twitter link
@Foxiola thats 3 call offs so far n it defo should (2020) twitter link
and 5 other occurrences.
Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
me. Ah just wanna be able tae call ma country ma ain country. Mi
1 matches
Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
t he went oan and decided tae call it an early nicht.
1 matches
Pennie, Len Toast Tae The Daft Days, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
We'll hold the ones we call oor ain and think of those we
1 matches
McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
were the cry o the raven, the call o the gull an the shriek o th on page 90
That wad call for it next mornin. on page 112
2 matches
McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
licht oan this gie enigmatic call. A asked a couple o’ the lo
1 matches
McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
e wha’d got their marks wid call oot tae ask questions. “Her
“Roger?” someone else wid call. “Hold on, A’ll get tae y
2 matches
McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Unofficial, they may call the Flower,
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
betan firmly. “They won’t call you a liar.”
Next time you come to Delhi, call in at the Ashram first.” Th
“I think you must begin to call me Dada,” he sayed. “Il w
a,” he sayed. “Il won’t call you by any name for a while,
is trouble,” he sayed. “A call to Welfare would have been qu
8 matches
grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
If that’s what ye want to call it, ah guess ah dae. Ah jist
1 matches
Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
tae Big Kenzie n the troops n call in reinforcements. Big Danny on page 17
They call theirsels the YT Burds or the on page 23
himself up. The young wan we call the Roadrunner is aff n runni on page 34
zie n Finnegan later on. They call their class slots 'sessions' on page 36
attacked six other boys, who call themselves the Young Toi, to on page 55
6 matches
Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
e be pals, me and Siobhan. Ah call her Siobhan insteid ae Dr Liv on page 1
enough shite, will they jist call it a day at some point? Repla on page 13
ung folk speak; she says. "Ye call each other "mum', don't ye?' on page 25
3 matches
Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
"Resonator I call it mate." on page 3
2 matches
Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n at her man aboot some phone call she’d overheard him huvin.
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Aye, just call me Danny though.’ ah sais,
1 matches
Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
it’s a problem I can always call Bill, see if he can send some
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
e canvas, sparkled. ‘I’ll call him later on today. With any
the job will be yours, I’ll call you this afternoon once I get
2 matches
Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
you can hope fur is that they call the polis, the worst is that
1 matches
Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
it wance wiz. Progress, they call it. Disrespectful, a call it.
it. Disrespectful, a call it. Neglect. Aye, thiv tried
2 matches
Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
s yir early mornin’ alarm call. Forget aboot a snooze button
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
hone number an asked her oot. Call me a cynic but ah wisnae surp
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
Black hacks, that’s whit we call them up the road – hackneys
1 matches
Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
He laughed. "What call you when .. ." he waved his on page 3
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Keaveney, Marcus Lallans 102 - Bein a Wid Tink, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
A cushie doo gies its curfew call and anither ainswers. A beest on page 71
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
familiar fire in Scotland; to call such fire, is thought ominous
1 matches
Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
nomena in the air (which they call Dragons) of a red fiery colou
1 matches
Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
anet. For instance, Bolivians call Mother Earth Pachamama and Ni
1 matches
@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
nd People still dain that tae call handlers, people need tae get(2020)
holiday goers also what i wid call arseholes, plenty of reasons (2020)
aYousaf Naw, that was what we call the polite word.(2020)
@jjs999jjs Might as well call me a fud a wis listening tae (2020)
@Cobradile94 tweeted
enHegemonie2 Okay, just don't call the editor in question an eij(2020)
@g_hibby tweeted
the day.. That's yer weather call fae me... :) Oh aye, a bit ch (2023) twitter link
er dugs are wanting oot for a call o' nature, gie' them a map an (2023) twitter link
@jax6754 tweeted
heart tae....a surprise phone call, a card tae encourage all pri(2015)
@MartinBroon tweeted
??. A bet they call that wane, Wayne....????????(2019)
@RickHJohnston tweeted
overnment. Mair tae come IMO. Call me cynical! https://t.co/zTWl (2022) twitter link
@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
wid hiv been ma furst port of call if the wine fairy hudny stumb(2020)
@Chazzbat tweeted
ea tak yer nummer so they cin call ye if there's a problem.(2020)
@DABArbuckle tweeted
hat naebody seems tae ken, we call the kitchen worktop 'the bunk(2020)
ertMiggins Probably shouldnae call him a fanny Bob. A fanny is a(2020)
@fairpechtoot tweeted
Whit dae ye call a man wi nae dug? Douglas ???(2020)
@bigandymccoll tweeted
insult me (as they aften dae) call me "British" or "Britannique" (2022) twitter link
@weenell3 tweeted
oin my box in so it's another call to the docs as antibiotics ha (2022) twitter link
@LairnScots tweeted
) an 'cry' (fir the English, 'call')? Click here tae find oot ma (2019) twitter link
@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
n, a cannae trust typetalk! a call tae somebody regarding in an (2020)
Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
winkin red fur a misst call on page 99
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