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The word 'isobel'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
isobelOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus15.9517
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 94.8 29 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 325.5 2 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 40.9 16 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 isobel in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
s’s poiïm sequins “Alias Isobel” is rot in the richist an m
aes a kaindlee vernaclir flo. Isobel Gunn hersel, a maigrant, sumb
2 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Isobel cam on the scene on page 15

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Which brings ma te the tale o Isobel an Davie Duncan fa wirk a sma on page 28
Isobel didna tak 1m oan. on page 29
Isobel sighed an tittit, mynin foo a on page 30
band. "Dinna leuk ower," said Isobel. "Wi'll jist haud stracht up on page 31

25 matches

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 63 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ng 2: In Interview, edited by Isobel Murray, Tuckwell Press, East
s series sprang frae lack. As Isobel Murray pits it in her introdu
2 matches

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
feerd tae express masel - ma isobel hus fecked aff tae bed wae a (2021) twitter link
le_anderson last saturday wae isobel n oo got twae lol (2021) twitter link
ly on the wee hurl back - ma isobel widnae miss me if a wis late (2020) twitter link
it will jist b day trips fir isobel when she gets her holidays as (2021) twitter link
ther thats nuthin tae whit ma isobel calls me - trust me lol (2020) twitter link
and 11 other occurrences.

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
wi guid crack ower a plate o Isobel's best mutton stew, then pray on page 44

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
n 1943, he mairriet ma mither Isobel Young in Galashiels, an he fu
1 matches

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