Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'haal'

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Use in varieties of Scots

haal	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	12.7	42	15
ORK - Orkney	79.5	8	4
SHD - Shetland	69.7	12	3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	13.1	4	3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	62.9	6	2
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
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)	251.1	8	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)	65.7	2	1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)	36.3	2	1

Occurrences of haal in Corpus

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Orkney

Miller, Alison Gallows Ha - Bairns Sang, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Haal her up tae Gallows Ha, on page 14

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gallows Ha - Dance tae the End, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
s an catcaals reach oot o the haal. on page 27

1 matches

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
"Haal the shaevs in aboot thee an g on page 70

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
landan thir haal o Lights, aboot the stoor on page 8
rail o Lights tae a dinger, a haal. on page 23
will win a boonty. Hid isno a haal o Lights, but thir fock at pe on page 26
aird enogh tae land a daecent haal o Light ithoot fuckan studies on page 55

4 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
s an catcaals reach oot o the haal on page 152

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
hö fan hersel in a lang, low haal, an aa da licht cam fae a row on page 10
belang ta een o da doors ida haal; but less! edder da locks wis on page 11
head took up apo da röf o da haal: in feth, shö wis a grain ma on page 17
an da glivs, an, seein as da haal wis aafil haet, shö keepit f on page 19
sweem ida loch, an da muckle haal, wi da giess table an da peer on page 33
Also on pages 77
9 matches

Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
we aa kent da time it took ta haal lines fae da boddam, nine mil
1 matches

Williamson, Christie Bellows, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, poetry
he hed ta haal
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
d tae grab dem by da claas an haal dem back up. We wir dat fairt
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Fairbairn, Jamie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Banff, newspaper
'll be deeved wi'it. The Toon Haal is a puckle distance awa. Ess on page 37

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
Sabbath he gaed till e meetin haal as eeswal an steed up tae rea on page 85
e tak e haithmaist seat i the haal. Bit fan ye're invitit, gyang on page 105

2 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
e performin att nicht in some haal or ither. I suppose att expla
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
a darker picter o hissel in a haal, het wi the swat an smell o c on page 30

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
here?' Ootside a muckle great haal there wis a crood o fowk gait on page 44
tannin at the door o a bigger haal yet. 'A pop concert? Hiv ye t on page 45

2 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 90 - The Trump, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, poetry
As A shochlt the linth o the haal. on page 34

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
hakin aa ower the Elphinstone Haal. on page 85

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
Dod an Jessie tae cleanin the haal, an the mornin room, an the d on page 106

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
shae fun hirsel in a lang low haal, whuch wus ht up bae a row o on page 10
ng tae yin o the dorrs in the haal: but, sowl! ither the locks w on page 11
id duntet agin the roof o the haal: heth, shae wus noo mair nor on page 17
fan an gloves, an baecaas the haal wus wile het, shae aye fanned on page 19
em in the pool; an the muckle haal, wi the gless tibble an the w on page 33

8 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ale hans that bore nane o the haal mairks o life on the Waterloo on page 29
f the lichts, walkt intae the haal, pit the chain on the front d on page 32

2 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
, an let doon yer neyts for a haal." on page 77

2 matches