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The word 'scaly'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
scalyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.1138
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 1
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 scaly 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
atters id how far we go?" his scaly friend replied. on page 97

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Doric Gruffalo's Bairn, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1785300691) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
An his scaly bihoochie is affa lang. on page 4

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
e heid o the well was a great scaly dragon-like baist an in amang on page 79

3 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
t matter how faur we go?" his scaly pal replied. on page 100

1 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
Iz tail wiznae scaly, an iz whiskers no wiry. on page 20

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
we're chuckt," cried oot his scaly JSreen, "For juist ootby's an on page 44

1 matches

General Central

@raiphsays tweeted
aliva duct hing! Ye cin get a scaly polish bit nae water jet hing(2020)
us bak!! Aw ok teefs an a wee scaly polish in 2 week! Wisnae a ab(2020)
Back fae a wee scaly polish! *eets camarels*(2020)
p drawin... dentist furra wee scaly polish amorra! ?? https://t.c(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
rs eet how far oo gaun?" heis scaly pal replied. on page 100

1 matches

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