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The word 'ali'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
aliOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.64120
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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 325.5 2 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 20.3 8 5
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 1
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 15.9 12 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 99.8 8 4
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 ali in Corpus

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Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
(Dedicated tae Ali in his second year o milleen) on page 36

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Cormack, Liam Hallaeen, (The Gaudie 2019) Doric - Banff, poetry
'cos ali-a's on the steets
1 matches

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
a deep kennin o Celtic lore; Ali Frazer, aboot wham there hing on page 124

1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
a deep kennin o Celtic lore; Ali Frazer, aboot wham there hing
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
smiles at me "You must be Mr Ali? We on page 159

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
Bi Ali o Damascus; shabbles tae on page 32

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
ndee (I jalouse) vernacular o Ali Christie in Bingo: on page 123

1 matches

McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
g the baw in the box tae Deli Ali, who heiders the baw. Ma hear
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
an Fletcher,box like Muhammad Ali or play fitba like Denis Law.
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
rWhite jist in fae the fitbaw ali - quality chippy brother n h (2021) twitter link
re theres a will theres a way ali - n ee ken me lol (2020) twitter link
nt footage - the great man n ali is a wee star! (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
chin an it looks dead stupit. Ali'm glad folk that are in boy b on page 95

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
d delight he mutters ‘’Mr Ali, please?’’. Words that ar
ss ‘’Please, follow me Mr Ali’’ he tells me. Before gui
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
‘’You’re Mr Ali?’’
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
Ali be smashing the next dafty th on page 33

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
." I'd heard thum soundcheck, ali tunes flawiessly executed. Wo on page 3

3 matches

General Central

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
inking any o it might matter. Ali loves it – thinks it’s gr
long efter closing, but when Ali had stayed in toon at Ray’s
dinnae let them badger yi coz Ali thinks it's funny. But he tel
Ali says, "Aye what aboot my dog,
excuse and goes tae the loo. Ali tells me tae tone it doon. I
9 matches

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
I didnae manage tae see you, Ali. It's braw that the play's su(2019)

@OliphantWullie tweeted
ark or is thon a separate wan Ali??? If no, try Vogrie as its n (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
s souvenir photie o' Muhammad Ali the year he visited Airdrie t (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
edtime tales in Pidgin; Uncle Ali, a Hausa trader frae the nort
1 matches

@cammyrudkin tweeted
wul. A coud say what av herd ali?(2012)
@bobbyrobson46 hev e herd tae ali? Sum news eh(2012)
net_2011 @bulla7 @wullies1903 ali (awork4hoorsaday) and ca it s(2012)
hope eer gan ti apologise ti ali, e spoiled his nite. A deken (2012)
@hornet_2011 aye gay ali....e want ti gan oot on a dat(2012)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
idd Am share ee were sayin ti ali george. Pick mei(2017)

@officialAliRed tweeted
Ali’s here! A jaunt tae Jethart (2019)

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