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The word 'scale'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
scaleOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus19.76341
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 4
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 23.7 2 2
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central 23 5 2
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh 43.9 7 5
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 1
LAL - General Central 29.4 22 13
SEA - South East (Borders) 37.4 3 3
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
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 70.3 5 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of scale in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
in doon surreptitiously on da scale pan! on page 93

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De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
on a different scale. Feelin smaa, an on page 34

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Watt, Valerie A skoit trowe da shops, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ornament dat took my ee. But scale is an issue when shoppin for
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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Autumn colours on a peerier scale https://t.co/HBMyhl95q7(2020)

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
On every golden scale! on page 18

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Aberdeen

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
€™s certainly very low on the scale. I’ll get him to do a drawi
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McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
They were poured intae a scale pan
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General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
’ will yet meet an economy if scale - iÂ’d watch this space fan (2022) twitter link

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
re mortice and tenon's on aht scale. I'd o bin poopin ma punts.(2020)

(South) East Central

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
appen tae English fowk on the scale they dae tae Scots. Ah've got
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
Forgaitherin o Scottish Small Scale Braidcasters
THE Scottish Small Scale Braidcasters Associe is haudi
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West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
aph Meter, Gang clean aff the scale! on page 48
moral perspective, the gowden scale in whilk the values o urban g on page 101
se o proportion an a rational scale o penalties is direckit at th on page 116
Let's hae a fair scale o penalties fir aa offences, on page 121

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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
kint a knee Ur fur evry tum a scale't a tree A’d be richer thin
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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
min back tae thinkin that sma-scale, localised deceesion-makkin i on page 33
y. Whit is needit is mair sma-scale developments that spreid the on page 91
Vigil wis, it wisnae a large-scale political movement. Fer that on page 108

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Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
iations as lines on a dividen scale, something that wis tae inspi
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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ten-vyce wark is unco in its scale an skeeliness. (Ye can hear i
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McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
That helps them scale depression’s piles
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
capable of something on that scale? I mean, it’s not just the
u’in aff an escape ona smaa scale, bit thir chiels juist wintit
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Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
this hing wis oan a different scale. Thay were baith richt happy
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ud registered oan the Richter Scale. The seeminly endless flow ae
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Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ae the Nile Oan every golden scale! on page 19

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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ebriation. Oan the mad wae it scale - where wan is say, huvin a
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Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
Ower every gowden scale! on page 18

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
unco worrit at the strength, scale an spread o disaffection aman on page 28

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General Central

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
had tae dae, he gaed aff the scale wi daftness, and skirled: "Te on page 65

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
Awa doun the social scale, i the auld inner ceity areas on page 9

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Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
fish-scale courts, see, an dragon haas on page 28

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Robertson, Colin Lallans 73 - Auld Scots law, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
It seems a scale o amounts ti be peyed haed be on page 24

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
at thir wia gaunnae be a full-scale rammy, bit here the next thin on page 44

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ly at the bottom o the social scale. At the time o writin, this i
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
m in Scotland updatit the Rio Scale used bi fowk raikin throu see
aikin throu seegnals. The Rio Scale, estaiblisht in 2001, rates s
ome day, no faur aff, the Rio Scale micht airt us tae the Rael Ma
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
at baith ends o the register scale is the variant o Scots vouel
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 71 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
irt on laund an biggins, smaw-scale manufacturin an sindry treds.
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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
. At the leiterarie end o the scale we find Douglas Young’s twa
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Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
the genetic data on a muckle scale, which isnae fur necessar rep
nent thaim. Thanks tae muckle-scale archaeological investigations
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
mountin onie kind o a lairge-scale comeback, the LibDems wull pr
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McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
on. But whaur tae stairt? The scale o the SNP victory i Scotland
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McClurg, Fernando Syriza, an the road aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
Still an on, the scale o Syriza’s victory maun be
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
t up and doon a skytie slidin scale – bylin the linguistic pudd
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
an be unnerstuid in terms o a scale o flittin formality fae ‘ae
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@g_hibby tweeted
e advantage tae strip doon ma scale model mobile crane.. Give it (2022) twitter link

@iainnicol tweeted
@raiphsays Bit, bit - diz a scale an polish no produce aerosols(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Oan evry goolden scale! on page 18

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The Westender Mairchers did oor toon prood, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
getting' longer, and wi' huge scale conflicts still under way, sh
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@jamie_ginger tweeted
So changed the battery on the scale and by fuck it was right. Fat(2019)

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

@fairfaaye tweeted
the first note on the C Major scale?? #ulsterscots #FunFact https(2020)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
On ivery gowden scale!" on page 19

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General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
yeirs the scale deptht an' appreciation o' th on page 15
s fae forderin the amoont an' scale o' daeins at they ir fit tae on page 39
leemeted thair scale. on page 44
als tae bae hel' oan a baager scale an' wi' a wider geographical on page 45
n' exists aareadie oan a sma' scale bit cud bae grew. Aa the saim on page 672

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