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The word 'scroll'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
scrollOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.52416
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 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 32.6 6 4
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 62.8 2 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 scroll 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
wi a trumpet in wan han, an a scroll o parchment in e ither. An ri on page 104
an then unrolled e parchment-scroll, an read as follows: on page 105

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
read e lesson an wis hannit e scroll o e prophit Isaiah. He rolled on page 85
He rolled up e scroll, gied it back till e beadle a on page 86

2 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
, greetie picturs aw doon the scroll rhymeless bleck greetin dour on page 3

3 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
far as the eye kin see, As ah scroll through the list ae joabs in on page 122

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
usManiac or is it thursday - scroll doon - eel get ma drift - b (2020) twitter link

West Central

@annieones tweeted
@Lenniesaurus Hud tae scroll past quickly as yer post gied (2021) twitter link

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ae a trumpet in wan haun an a scroll ae parchment in the ither. In on page 106
, then unrolled the parchment-scroll, an read oot lood: on page 108

2 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah huff and puff while ah scroll tae the first note ah made, a on page 1

2 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
wo plastic chairs. Ah sit and scroll Twitter wi a tremblin thumb.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Turnin the wireless oan, ah scroll through the stations, settlin
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
in yae haun, an a pairchment scroll in the tither. Stuid richt in on page 44

1 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
I'll sign yer muckle scroll, dae whit I maun, on page 40

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
. Enfield's tale went by in a scroll of lighted pictures .... Aith on page 119

1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
here relaxing noo.. I'm gonna scroll doon ma page, and at least li (2023) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
i a trumpet in yin haun, an a scroll o parchment in th ither. In t on page 107
an then unrolled th parchment-scroll, an read as follows: on page 109

2 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
wi a tooter in yin haun, an a scroll o parchment in the ither. In on page 108
an thin unroult the parchment-scroll, an read es follies: on page 110

2 matches

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