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The word 'angles'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
anglesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.53519
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 9.8 4 4
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 15.4 3 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 22.3 17 8
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 2
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 angles in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
o sepratist Angles: bred, snod, on page 21
ret black reums, i'the shairp angles o thir slite black waas, some on page 30

2 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
t's noo da nort o Denmark; da Angles cam fae da Nort on page 13
n sooth-wast o England; an da Angles gød tae twa big areas: Merci on page 14

4 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
ls dig intae ma back at funny angles every time I pit ma heid doon
1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
, leanin against the waw. Twa angles oan thum. She'd seen aw the T on page 1

1 matches

Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
rew cubes frae aw the sindrie angles Mr Gowanlock wantit the cless on page 84

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
The angles are a altered
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
aye a seen that - av got awe angles covered nudge nudge wink wink (2021) twitter link

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
eir wheels straight, at right angles tar the grid. The first boys
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
As Angles fa’, we drapped frae grace,
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ok'n at ma face fae different angles. The light's unforgivin, sure on page 2
tae yir thighs an knees at aw angles. Wan day I'll huv proper grow on page 3

3 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 104 - Whaur Div Ye Belang Tae?, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
he sindry fowk in Scotland - Angles, Brets, Gaels, Pechts, an syn on page 40

1 matches

Freeman, Fred Lallans 102 - Burns, Hamish and Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
rythonic tribes, Scotti); its Angles, Vikings, Flemings and French on page 60

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ences fae the auld leid o the Angles an Middle Inglis, but Scots h on page 21

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
he rod intae hunners o shairp angles, leavin tottie wee cuts on he on page 116

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
jalouse the angles on page 23

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
Fordoun) an ootland (the Auld-Angles Chronicle). The reader follae on page 131

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
kin wi the English, oor fella Angles!). Dae we wint tae turn ower on page 56

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
Germanic *erþō. In the Auld-Angles leid it wis eorðe an in Auld
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
fore Barbour’s day, in Auld-Angles an Auld Norn. In coorse, Lati
e time that the terms ‘Auld-Angles’ an ‘Celtic’ – ilka a
2 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
ish” or the “speech o the Angles”. This tribe arrivit in soo
ae sooth-east Scotland by the Angles. This Scots takower wis conne
2 matches

@pmcm1355 tweeted
NESCO. It's descendit fae the Angles, Jutes, Saxons an Friesans th (2022) twitter link
c source broucht ower bae the Angles, Jutes Saxons an Friesans in (2022) twitter link
n it wis broucht ower bae the Angles, Jutes Saxons an Friesans jis (2022) twitter link
English, broucht ower bae the Angles, Jutes Saxons an Friesans thi (2022) twitter link
English broucht ower bae the Angles, Jutes Saxons an Friesans thi (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
angles aff intae the Noarth Atlantic on page 12

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
kayscot Sae there's nae richt Angles then?!(2020)

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