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The word 'marble'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
marbleOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62217
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 15.4 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 2
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of marble in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Haggis tasting notes, and whisky pairings, (Brisk Northerly 2019) Orkney, blog
oiled and drained luks like a marble boulder. Cut it open, and the
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
steppit inte a brichtly-lit, marble-lined room. on page 12

2 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
Ower there a fantoosh lump o marble cloored bi some mason's skeel on page 40

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
he found as brick he left as marble'. Weel you lot are jist the e on page 89

1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
Fit's at ye say? O marble! Gweed behere, on page 26

2 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
ehammer, its ance braw kist o marble nou duntit permanent.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Peffers, Bob A Aboot Mid-Camps, Kirnitten, Bi East Cawther, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
the scullery set intae a lang marble table wi a zinc coated pail a
1 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
his shanks, pillars o marble on page 12

1 matches

Glasgow

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
e, just like a Glasgow close, marble stairs and a coupla doors on
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
An ostentatious, grandiose marble fireplace sits in the corner,
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
his face leadin tae the gless marble he’s goat masqueradin as an
1 matches

Ayrshire

Neill, Willie Lallans 59 - Christian Henry Divertimento, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Ti mak athin the marble troch, on page 10

1 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 74 - Thof nae a rigmarie hae I, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
he dowps doun upon a braw bit marble stane,
1 matches

General Central

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
Here, wee bits o white marble, on page 37

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ntle o wide streets wi muckle marble buildins on either side o the on page 62
t frae a distance looked like marble, but up close wis mair like c on page 134

2 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
ground Sandy progressed tae a marble edifice wi posh writin on it

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
thru marble whan it feels on page 40

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
facades paintit tae luck lik marble, hollow fibregless figurines
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
hoose fillt wi coul echaes an marble fireplaces, onlie a stane's t on page 28

1 matches

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