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The word 'inglish'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
inglishOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus52.116719
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 71.6 28 4
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 85 8 1
EDN - Edinburgh 43.9 7 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 133.6 100 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 174.7 14 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
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 42.2 3 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of inglish in Corpus

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General Northern

Diansangu, Mae Tales Fae The Doric Side - My Faither's Fowk, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
in inglish, it spells oot: on page 37

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
wisna a witch doctor. Heez Inglish wis braw, bit A’m sair kenn
s braw, bit A’m sair kennin Inglish it
2 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
Sum bastard Latin, French, or Inglish oiss,
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
llantyne, sein the warl throu Inglish glessis.
arreinged fur me ti be an Inglish ceitezan, an A sattilt heir i
Thusgates, A hae an Inglish pasport an A’m no gaun ti S
mair “drama” an the Inglish loue sicna dyvert abuin aw it
pangit fyve hunnert yeir. The Inglish hed
19 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ah thocht ah’d better spik Inglish, an slow, she maun be glaiket
1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
royalty onywey. Thai’r the Inglish royalty.” Wullie didnae ken
“Thai’ll be rejycin. Thon Inglish crew’s nivver happy bar tha
Wullie’s Mum fautit the Inglish fir aw Scotland’s ills. Fra
ng she sooks in wi the piggin Inglish.”
“Ach ye cannae flyte the Inglish folk, hen.” Davie telt hes
7 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
ti talk Inglish on page 16
An thi Inglish officials that wir left, on page 42
hen thi plan wiz set that thi Inglish, on page 43
thi rest o thi Inglish men wid complete on page 44
proper Inglish. on page 56
Also on pages 85
8 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
harn-pan. Bot whan A wrate in Inglish it wes bot bladrie. Scots wes on page 10
at Scots is "bot a daialek o Inglish, certies no a deifferand lang on page 11
Teuton Tung at gied uz baith Inglish an Scotch, whan it wes brocht on page 12
an yatt-races. Thusgates the Inglish tung mey weill be uised fur p on page 13

7 matches

Glasgow

Durie, Nick A Scots Letter, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Glasgow, prose
haes gang roon thar mous wie Inglish dishclouts an wur paliteician
1 matches

Ayrshire

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 74 - Thof nae a rigmarie hae I, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Whit’s in wull oot, in an Inglish tung, the mither-leid, or in
1 matches

General Central

Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
he Aulder Scottis Leid or, in Inglish, the Dictionary of the Older on page 59

6 matches

Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 59 - Auntie Aggie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
says Auntie Aggie. "It's the Inglish agin the Irelanders." on page 118

2 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ia o modren life – is aw in Inglish. Aften the wark o pittin some
kkin Scots mair different fae Inglish nor it is. An naewhaur haes t
hat merks Scots as a byleid o Inglish, but the feck o thair prattic
be cryed “Scots-influenced Inglish” haes a thrivin leeteratur,
ither o wirds, baith Scots an Inglish, tae gie the effect o no bein
37 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish
e is the Mid-Ulster dialect o Inglish — the wey maist fowk in Nor
r Scots whan thay cheenge tae Inglish, for ordinar tho no aye haudi
cent. Discussion o Mid-Ulster Inglish haes been affectit by politic
But whit is Mid-Ulster Inglish? Weel, in semple terms, it’
48 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
@ScotlandNT Nice tae hear an inglish slightly loosin the plot... M(2019)

@RickHJohnston tweeted
. We dinnae aw need tae speak Inglish 24/7 tae be thocht o as worth (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
lt tae spake "properly", i.e. Inglish growin up, an ither Scots fol(2020)
l. Ah wis brocht up tae spake Inglish, or "properly", as ma aulds w(2020)
s @IainKingSport Naw, it's an Inglish wird. It's anither wird fer t(2020)
cud spell an if Ah unnerstuid Inglish.(2020)
@molach95 Ah luik up Inglish wirds aa the time. Dis that m(2020)

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
renderins o Chinese poems in Inglish, whyles haes an auld-farrant, on page 34

11 matches

Purves, David Lallans 75 - On War, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
Frae the Inglish o Kahlil Gibran (The Prophet)
1 matches

Purves, David Lallans 59 - Five Poems frae the Chinese o Po Chu-I, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
favorite o Arthur Waley, whas Inglish owersettins o his poetrie is
1 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
There's nane o' this la-di-da Inglish on page 28

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
mie's Wurd on God in pack, in Inglish new. on page 21

1 matches

General Ulster

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
es baak tae afore the' taaked Inglish in ether airt. Throch tha 5 a on page 6
ked a kine o a Scotch steid o Inglish or tha Gaalic (tha leid o tha on page 7
h, an tha sindèrie tongues o Inglish taaked in Ulstèr. on page 42

3 matches

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