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The word 'soil'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
soilOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus93020
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 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
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 48.4 4 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 83.7 6 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 116.3 2 2
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 56.9 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of soil in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
o bi the folk that tilled the soil. on page 37
at Alloway lad wha tilled the soil on page 77

2 matches

Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
ous unfolding flatness o sand/soil and pure sky, stretching nort
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Or Knowehead soil on page 15

1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
makkin great dumps o alluvial soil. Whiles it’s mebbe a bit pl
1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
rning the mill or tilling the soil. on page 19

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Whit wi the guid broon soil an sun
1 matches

West Central

Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
be buried that deep ablo the soil that no even the maist determ
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Weemen and men brakkin soil in time on page 37

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ommitted nae crime on English soil... He gruppit this legal stra on page 31
ew Cumnock wi their thin puir soil fared amang the waurst; an aa on page 63

2 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
masel, A'll feel safe in the soil, on page 12

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
w.' He and Mr Tod scartit the soil awa. It wis a waw. But it wis on page 60

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
it fae bein worn doon by the soil. This byordinar discovery sha
1 matches

@Sinethugcat tweeted
: nae hedges, nae trees, jist soil gettin flung aa way...?????#d (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Droop doon towards the soil on page 8
ere there on fertile Flanders soil on page 12
Sent back tae English soil on page 29

4 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
Bury her in the soil, sing her spirit to Heaven. on page 3
whither sea or soil or sky on page 7
whither sea, or soil, or sky, on page 8

3 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
nnae come hame whither sea or soil or sky has taen them. on page 69
na come hame, whither sea, or soil, or sky, has taen them. on page 70

2 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
fin oor soil clift an lapert, on page 43

1 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
He is jist a son o' the soil, on page 41

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
I luk fae here on cursed soil, on page 32

1 matches

Hume, David The Aldfreck Coalmining Disaster, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ballycarry, poetry
ggin doon an plunnerin in the soil.
1 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
r stairts tae warm an dry the soil alang the way. on page 46
They fertilise, they till the soil an hope it's naw in vain on page 48

2 matches

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