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The word 'droll'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
drollOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.4147
ORK - Orkney 79.5 8 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 droll in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Orkney Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2015 ISBN: 978-1785300066) Orkney, weans
"Droll indeed," said the Gruffalo. on page 17

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
ttie-faces hiv been actan gey droll the day. Although cattie-face
imsel a peedie grin. ‘Affil droll. And noo, owre tae Jim McGuff
tie-faces that hiv been actan droll the day. Viewers fae as far a
tie-faces flyan by day light? Droll folk in cloaks aal owre the p
‘Droll stuff on the news,’ Mr Durs
7 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ay's stories got mair an mair droll on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
At's the North-east bodie's droll, dry wit; . on page 32

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
"Droll things'll be seen i the sin a on page 115

1 matches

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
'Hmmph ... awfy bliddy droll,' he gruntled. 'Whit time's t on page 27

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
forbye; thochtie, mensefu an droll. I likit the ane anent Ballin on page 121

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
pake tae her in a slow, dozy, droll kin o vyce. on page 42

1 matches

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