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The word 'curlin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
curlinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.31711
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 19.6 6 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of curlin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ike," said Dottie, er tap lip curlin in disgust es a bibblie-nibbi on page 69
he'd gang, turnin ower daark curlin slices o earth es he gaed; se on page 89

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
p fir inspection, her tap lip curlin in disgust. "It's a hair!" on page 32
andwiches, ariddy hardenin an curlin it the edges as if touched bi on page 78
loo aat gid slicin throwe the curlin grun wi ease; he saa his fait on page 92

3 matches

Shepherd, Robbie Harknin tae the braw souns, (John Benjamin 2000) Doric, newspaper
rdrishaig - that bonnie spot curlin roon the fae Lochgilphead an
1 matches

General Northern

Philip, George Tales Fae The Doric Side - Winter, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Fite curlin fingers o frozen winter watte on page 80

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
an now there braks a curlin spittin wave, aa spite an fro on page 10

1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
d Eurythseus, a sleekit smile curlin up the corners o his mooth. on page 21

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
is back, drawin his airms up, curlin his fists, He daured Howie Sa on page 1

1 matches

General Central

@Chazzbat tweeted
ma hair like that as a wey o curlin it. It's no cultural appropri(2020)

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
Waitter. Nou than, the local Curlin Pound ligs up ahint the ferm
, ane cuid sei the ruif o the Curlin Club Shed, frae the main road
2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
ut then, onytime the reek wis curlin frae the lum on page 21

1 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
Ma taes are curlin
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
paper, the first swirl o heat curlin the paper an stainin hir clea on page 10

1 matches

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