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The word 'slabs'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
slabsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.61814
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
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 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 21.7 4 3
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)

Occurrences of slabs in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
ks built aroond id an twatree slabs o concrete laid ower the tap. on page 20

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ck tae the hoose an ontae the slabs. on page 35

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
hairtless wauchts o snaa. Yon slabs an blocks noo reenged the bra
1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
great granite slabs laid oot like cobbles on page 10

1 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - A keik at the Swedish game o bandy, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
tent o the auld Gaelic grave slabs in Clonca in Ulster tae ken a
1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
te fingurs an crashes oan the slabs. Wine an broken gless flee ev on page 1

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
his - the glow aff the pavin slabs n the hoose is stunning - we (2020) twitter link
ure tae wipe ma feet oan thae slabs brother - weel done (2020) twitter link

West Central

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
heisan the slabs back on the cowped dykes, on page 129

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
wey thru the auld flat grave slabs at his feet an atween the big on page 65
wey thru the auld flat grave slabs at his feet on page 68
, iron railins pit ower grave slabs tae deny access tae the Burke on page 108

3 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
really caves but massive rock slabs leavin’ easily explorable s
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
densation, as the bison built slabs tower on page 82

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
k-up deckt wi chains an metal slabs an hatchets. It wiz a scunner
1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
bin swept clear bit the slate slabs an fractured concrete wiz sli
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
The thick slabs ay granite that comprise the
1 matches

General Central

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
whaur stoatin Pechtish cross slabs and ither sculpture were brak
1 matches

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