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The word 'helen'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
helenOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.33316
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 26.2 8 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 59.3 5 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 8 6 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 55.6 4 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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of helen in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
er late...fit if Ah'm nae fit Helen's lookin fir?" Ah say as Ah s on page 43
brocht ma baby. Ah caaed her Helen an she wis the bonniest thing on page 45
"It's me," says Helen. on page 46

6 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
hae bin at the back o't like Helen o Troy, an some fowk said she
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Ah kent fine well that Helen Archer wid be fand innocent i(2016)

Aberdeen

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
me to introduce myself. Miss Helen Troy. And this will doubtless
Miss Helen Troy wis doonpittan.
mither turned and left, Miss Helen Troy took his haun and steere
Miss Helen Troy, Dauvit decided, wis a r
ice game, isn’t it?” Miss Helen Troy then tuik oot a wee note
5 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - Joco Geordie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
hters forbye, Alison, Marion, Helen an Jean wha he looed weel an on page 10

1 matches

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
'Smell is a potent wizard' (Helen Keller 1880-1968) on page 78

1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Helen Jackman, Auckland, eldest doc on page 21
Helen Gray on page 70
Fir fair Helen wisnae the first bitch tae ca on page 120

3 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Helen Jackman, Auckland, eldest doc
1 matches

General Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
We aa tak heed when Helen talks, on page 16

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 58 - The Sang o the Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
iolet Jacob's Norlan Wind and Helen Cruikshank's Shy Geordie, but on page 77

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
s wis estaiblished in 1998 by Helen Liddell, at thon
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
icks against most of ma peeps Helen, still having tae go aboot an (2023) twitter link
elen91155348 Whitever ye like Helen.. Makes nae odds tae me... :) (2023) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
coille Thanks for sharin this Helen. Jist quote tweeted it - whi(2020)

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ae Mrs Helen Nelson nee’ Lothian, whae w
ynd, gin it wur yestreen, Mrs Helen Govenlock
2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Evie OOR WULLIE’S SEASON’S GREET, (Largs Writers Group 2015) Central - Largs, prose
Helen wiz the very dab as Maw Broon
an thur ‘Wee Paper’ hats. Helen made thum – Largs scandal i
ater at Brisbane House Hotel. Helen made shair they aw hud a real
3 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
Scots @ScotsDictionars Thanks Helen, Ah'll be shair tae lug in. (2021) twitter link

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Abane tha plantin, Helen's Tooer, on page 2

1 matches

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
Helen Mark on page 4

1 matches

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