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The word 'imsel'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
imselOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.5354
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 107.9 33 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
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)
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 imsel in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ir agonies tae thole He tirrt imsel doon till his vest Wi girse a on page 15

5 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e Ah said afore, he hisna bin imsel. He's bin actin queer kine es on page 16
t's oot. He's nae hauf showin imsel up." on page 18
Iv Eric wints te mak a feel o imsel," Winnie teen a lang swig o e on page 19
e foo he gat ere, Morrice fun imsel sittin in ane o yon sweevely on page 39
the winda, syne Greig an syne imsel. Joyce wis sittin bi ersel ow on page 41
Also on pages 43, 52, 54, 63, 65, 74, 75, 77, 78
19 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
st keep waakin," he muttert t'imsel, starin stracht aheid. "Jist on page 41
ookit in. He sighed an said t'imsel, ma dream date's a pensioner on page 61

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Later at wik, Jack fussled t'imsel es he gat riddy fir anither b on page 8
Norman's funeral?" Archie sut imsel doon. on page 16
n tropical fruit. He buttoned imsel up an drappit is draars. "Ah on page 38
cam back tull im es he helpit imsel t'a glaiss o wine an a hanfu on page 40
n, Ay, Fairly. An syne he fun imsel stairtin te relax a bittie: h on page 41
Also on pages 51
7 matches

General Northern

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
e bloke in the coffin. Ee caz imsel, Count Conrad. Ee telt me str on page 40

1 matches

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
he'd either be affa happy wi imsel an sing daft songs till her m on page 15

1 matches

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