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The word 'aaler'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
aalerOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.4187
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 104.9 10 2
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 aaler in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Rumbles, Brodie-Anne Recordin on Beep, (Scots Hoose 2022) Doric - Banff, weans
aal, though she lookit muckle aaler. Her cheeks hae hollowed oot,
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
I came upon this boot an the aaler wifie hid books mair tae my l
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e could see he wiz nae muckle aaler than herself, maybe aichteen
ither’s heart. Hugh wiz the aaler o the two, so he should’ve
2 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
molach95 A've heard bairns an aaler fowk spik aboot 'girse' herea (2020) twitter link

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
bviously been bocht for their aaler brithers, completed the ensem on page 30

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
ges wi mi tongue, an a bittie aaler nor mi teeth,' said Jamie. on page 44
twa. 'Gweed sakes, they look aaler nor me! They're nae fit ye wa on page 45

2 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
tleman aathegither. He's some aaler 'an you; a gweed bittie aaler on page 77
son Newman's hoose?' says the aaler bobbie. on page 79
ckle mistaen, ee're nae a day aaler'n therty-five. Yir mebbe the on page 80

4 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
oon wid hae daen’t. Bit the aaler Ah grew, an the mair Ah looke
bie’s sister Elsie; she wis aaler nor us, bit jined in aa wir g
2 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
em neen. A was a gweed bittie aaler nor her; but A haed tae ask m
1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
an aaler an a younger man baith lettin on page 34

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
My bairn, we're noth but aaler weans, on page 8
at a bodie canna help growein aaler!"' on page 80

2 matches

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