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Use in varieties of Scots

elba Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.5 4 4.4 0 0 10.3 11.6
Number of occurrences158 3 0 0 1 3
Number of authors9 5 2 1 1

Occurrences of elba in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
he tried tae lie doon wae wan elba gainst the door, an the ither on page 35
opened in-the-wey, an Alice's elba wis pressed up against it, th on page 36
ve, huffily; "Seven bumped ma elba." on page 76

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
he wee Mediterranean island o Elba aff Italy's west coast. Nou t on page 91

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
i mony mair ootside tryin tae elba their wey in fae the street. on page 53

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
grups ma elba on page 49

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ak a muve, he tane her by the elba an ushert her oot.
1 matches

@FaetheRye tweeted
linMacALBA Mair po'er tae yer elba! https://t.co/gn0DVeO3uM (2022) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
far Eric wis stannin booin is elba an newsin up the bit blondie on page 18

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
aleen!" he roart, diggin his elba inte the Jeweller's ribs an n on page 16

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
tomy, cos it bent jist far an elba wid be, real naitrel like, an on page 13

1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
man, juist sat yonner, wi hir elba on the
1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
hae try't tae lie doon wi yin elba agin the dorr, an the ither a on page 35
opent in the wye, an Alice's elba wus presst hard agin it, haes on page 36
oart o tone "Seiven jerkt mae elba." on page 77

3 matches

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