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The word 'puzzle'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
puzzleOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92215
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 70.3 2 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 325.5 2 1
ABN - Aberdeen 47.4 4 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 puzzle in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
world am A?' Ah, at's e great puzzle!" An she began thinkan oer al on page 18
"Hev ee guessed e puzzle yit?" e Hatter sade, turnan t on page 67

2 matches

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
e experiments wi anthrax. The puzzle o Mulcaire rins throu the boo on page 124

1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
e experiments wi anthrax. The puzzle o Mulcaire rins throu the boo
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
n me, an we'll settle it wi a puzzle. Jist lik Samson settled the on page 89
s an problems, sae here's the puzzle for ye. Foo can ye tell a lee on page 90

4 matches

General Northern

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
amash inna. Mair lik a jigsaw puzzle ah thocht. Guernica it wis ca on page 40

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Ye'll no solve i'puzzle, fir yer richt oot o' luck on page 102

1 matches

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
tae nail it wad puzzle the deil.
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
t awa an whan he cam back the puzzle wis cleared up. Jist a few ro on page 110

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
n the neist lik a dot-tae-dot puzzle in a bairn’s beuk. Unner th
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
, then?' Ach, that's the real puzzle!" An she stairtit thinkin aer on page 19
That wis anither puzzle; an, seein as Alice couldnae on page 45

2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
th am I?' Aye, that's the big puzzle!" An she stertit tae think o on page 18

1 matches

General Central

Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
games raxes fae tradeetional puzzle gemmes lik tic-tac-toe tae sw on page 54

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
cht place (jist like a jigsaw puzzle), and, haw ya beauty! the pho on page 144

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
games raxes fae tradeetional puzzle gemmes lik tic-tac-toe tae sw on page 54

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
PITTIN THEGITHER THE PECHTISH PUZZLE
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
@elibeli65 Aye, it's been a puzzle. But noo we hae oor answer. A(2020)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
wunner, am A?' That's the big puzzle yae see!" Shae thocht o aal t on page 19

1 matches

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