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The word 'parable'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
parableOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus17.2558
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 55.6 17 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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) 599.6 33 1

Occurrences of parable in Corpus

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Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
I feel like the wife in the parable on page 105

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
An he telt them iss parable: "Naebody rives a bit oot o a on page 88
He telt them iss parable: "Can ae blin chiel lead anit on page 90
aboot, he spak till them in a parable: "A fairmer gaed oot tae shaa on page 93
or gear." An he telt them iss parable: "There wis eence a walthy fa on page 102
Says Steenie, "Is iss parable jist for hiz or is't for aabo on page 103
Also on pages 104, 105, 106, 110, 112, 113, 115
16 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
The parable o the talents, an the three s
1 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
throwe my heid? John 15, the parable o the trowe vine. 'I am the v on page 90

1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ae mair" or whan he tells the parable o "a needful weeda drappin tw
1 matches

West Central

Clark, Thomas Mindin on Willie McIlvanney, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Bellshill, blog
e Cowardly Lion", a disjasket parable o a lion too feart tae leave
1 matches

General Central

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
he wolf, a tale o trickery, a parable fae St. Kilda, a legend o Tam on page 62

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
Tha parable o tha fairmer scattérin seed on page 9
He toul thaim anither parable: on page 78
An Jesus spauk a parable tae thaim: on page 80
toon, an he toul thaim thïs parable: on page 82
meanin o tha parable: Tha seed ïs tha Wurd o God. on page 83
Also on pages 91, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 99, 100, 101, 103, 104, 106
33 matches

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