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Use in varieties of Scots

bald Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.9 5.6 6 9.9 5.8 20.7 0
Number of occurrences1911 4 1 1 2 0
Number of authors14 9 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of bald in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
the ice thinned and he wis on bald, on page 18

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ians ur s'posed tae look...aw bald an normal... on page 3

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
l tattoos covered acroass his bald heid, which doesnae make him on page 38
n the direction ae the plump, bald dafty, in the Bonnyrigg goals on page 106

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ks and intae a shirt. He's as bald as an egg, but ma David's sti on page 6

1 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
te a wee band as well, jist a bald accordian and a fiddler wi la
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
aws an auld Pechtish man wi a bald heid and pyntit beard (Image:
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
ir wis sae damp. Wid Whin the bald patch appear’t, d’ye ken
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
y doon tae the fact that he's bald.
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
mr p is jist jealous cos hees bald! (2021) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
t o times – he wis a short, bald-heided man, wi an affa reed f
“tho Ah dinna think ye were bald fan ye were a loon. Bit Ah’
2 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
specs then I would want to be bald as well. At least he is not f(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
e the metal and the tyres wir bald as a coot. on page 41

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Grottie-Buckie and Tirli-Wirli, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997352) Shetland, weans
wis gyettin aalder an braaly bald. on page 3

1 matches

Southern

@jamie_ginger tweeted
n. He then said “fuck off yi bald,ginger dick.” Ee please make(2018) search twitter