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Use in varieties of Scots

alba Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words23.1 35.8 1.5 9.9 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences7571 1 1 1 0 1
Number of authors17 13 1 1 1 1

Occurrences of alba in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
The Banes o Alba on page 32

18 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
tertit fechtin wi the Picts o Alba, an laungrabbin in Caithness, on page 14

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ill be televised live oan BBC Alba. on page 96

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
rt, tae cure and be thare for Alba, I dedicate this wirk aboot t on page v
watter they see us aw here in Alba on page 21
O the bleedin diaspora o Alba's on page 31
o an idea tae, dearest wans o Alba. on page 40
t that happens aw the time in Alba on page 91
Also on pages 102, 109, 159
9 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
s is marraes. In 'The Banes o Alba', a lang poem bi Stuart McHar on page 7

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
see mair support for Theatre Alba in relatioun til the producti
1 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
abuin dinna mak mention o MG ALBA but we ken thit the braid an
an diverse pairt pleyit bi MG ALBA lens value tae a fouth o impo
s Government's support for MG ALBA haes let them alang wi BBC AL
haes let them alang wi BBC ALBA pit in tae Gaelic lairnin, ai
or that we wad tak it thit MG ALBA wull be tae the fore in thir
6 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
a wark cawed ‘Emptiness in Alba’, but for aw, he wun til es
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
sels as Pechts, but as fowk o Alba – the precursor tae whit we
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
e. Throu Bòrd Gàidhlig na h-Alba we'll mak the future o Gaelic
taiblish Bòrd Gàidhlig na h-Alba in statute an strenthen its a
2 matches

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Weel ken't here in Alba,
They weep, for Alba's loss.
For Alba now,
3 matches

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
wae for Alba!
aw' for Alba!
aw' for Alba!
wae for Alba!
wae for Alba!
12 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Barbera d’Alba, A’ think, aw’ wine-o Sco
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
y medieval Scottish kinrick o Alba.
rick and coort; the kinrick o Alba. The legacy of this early med
2 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 74 - Thof nae a rigmarie hae I, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Toast Alba’s sangster as I mou a gowde
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
But on FB I gyang by my Rosa Alba name too.(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
a wis unknown, even tae maist Alba political anoraks, when she b (2022) twitter link
e'll be Zoom guest speaker at Alba International branch meeting (2022) twitter link
Ok Alba friends. I cannae make confer (2022) twitter link
ou (and btw there are some in Alba I feel the opposite about ??) (2022) twitter link
te. That obvs WOULD mean that Alba/ISP/SSP votes would count - (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
l always be - forget snp and alba-the road to disaster in scotl (2021) twitter link
naldson @BBC aye n as for bbc alba - ffs who r these people - (2020) twitter link
is - is danny defecting tae alba - seein he wis oan the telly (2021) twitter link
rarangers @BrechinCityFC even alba would do (2021) twitter link
cBookie exactly - a doot the alba mans oan the swally! (2021) twitter link

Doric

@McGoo1888 tweeted
Alba Gu Brath...free Scotland come (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
the pleasure o watchin on BBC Alba a few month ago, wae its beau
1 matches

Shetland

Williamson, Christie Shaetlan an compoonds a da richt, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2014) Shetland, blog
Sing aa wis, ay fur Alba den – fur aa at keep her sa
1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Alba and Albania on page 4

1 matches

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