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The word 'crab'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
crabOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.93510
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 105.5 3 1
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 23 9 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 53.1 5 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 16.3 3 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 37.4 3 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 94.2 3 1
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 crab in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
airly oot o sicht; an an aald Crab took da chance o sayin tae he on page 31
l mester, tho. He wis an aald crab, he wis." on page 98

3 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
quite oot o sicht. An an owld Crab took e opportunity o sayan ti on page 29
aster, though. He wis an owld crab, he wis." on page 93

3 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
"Isa!" screamed the crab. "Look whit ye've done!" on page 35
"Oh Isa! Isa!" The crab said ower an ower, no daein n on page 36
"She's in here," called the crab, finally drawin back the bolt on page 37
a wait till dark. Whit if the crab had missed the bag, or even I on page 44

8 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
a wudnae eat the reid-cheeked crab on page 91

1 matches

West Central

Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
ntiments has found its hermit-crab hame in Scots. 'Wheesht for i
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ow the sheet cam a fair-sized crab! on page 94
at it wis simply the sweetest crab she an her man had ivver tast on page 95

5 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 82 - Biggin the Great Nor Road, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
The mudbanks are crab-buttoned. The watterbend on page 67

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
uite oot ae sight. An an auld Crab took the chance ae sayin tae on page 31
maister, but. He wis an auld crab, him." on page 96

3 matches

General Central

Shepherd, J. Barrie Lallans 82 - Crab Toon Crail, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Crab Toon Crail on page 40

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
a wudnae eat the reid-cheeked crab on page 91

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
lisked up frae the nippie wee crab he wis lookin at and saw it a on page 5

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
ha wadna eat the reid-cheeked crab on page 54

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
quite oot o sicht. An an auld Crab took th opportunity o sayin t on page 30
maister, tho. Hei was an auld crab, het was." on page 96

3 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
it was oot o sicht. An an oul Crab tuk the chance o sayin tae hi on page 31
l menter, but. Hae wus an oul crab, hae wus." on page 97

3 matches

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