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The word 'carlin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
carlinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.9135
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 22.2 5 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 24.2 2 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 carlin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
fur aa the wirld jist an auld carlin. on page 84

3 matches

West Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 104 - Stephen, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
aebody thaur. Nae smelly auld carlin baukit in the back sait. Ah g on page 14
no gauntae tell her that the carlin's back on the scene. Is in fa on page 15
convince him intae seein the carlin tae, until he stertit wattin on page 16
is happy cos Ah kent that the carlin widnae be back fur a while no on page 18

5 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
the Carlin an the Cailleach on page 32

2 matches

General Central

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
h is ‘ithoot dout stranger. Carlin (carline), skite an til, dial
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Stevenson, Gerda Cat Wumman: Tales O Nine Lives - The Witch, (Luath 2025 ISBN: 978-1804252420) Central - Peebles, prose
snaky tree an sneist the auld carlin!' on page 40
ch!' skirls Maisie. 'The auld carlin, black as pitch!' and I jyne on page 41

2 matches

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