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The word 'apple'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
appleOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.23421
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 2
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 53.3 12 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 30.1 6 4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 116.3 2 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of apple in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
o cherry-tart, custard, pine-apple, roast turkey, toffee, an hot on page 13

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
the wye back up te the Adam's apple. "Ye're a mannie! Ye're a blo on page 16

1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Ma chuckens aetin their morn apple. https://t.co/6EWrxsNkDr(2016)

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
is cowardice, and one rotten apple can spoil the whole barrel. Y on page 17

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
lack object – I see fae the apple logo on the back that it’s
1 matches

General Northern

@cligeey tweeted
@advancedref Haain a foreign apple n banana for ma denner feel a(2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
lunge tae rip oot his Adam's apple like yae see in they cheesy K on page 45

1 matches

West Central

Dalgetty, Moira Lallans 104 - The Best Laid Schemes..., (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
article munchin the teeniest apple ye ever saw. If she'd stood s on page 102

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
. Charlene's class are in the Apple Mac room at the same time as on page 29
her heid lika jet black pine-apple, but the night she wis wearin on page 37
t): yir meant tae eat half an apple an a can ae Tizer fur breakfa on page 136
chtime as well as her half an apple; she didnae really say much e on page 138
elly hit me on the heid wi an apple at lunchtime the day. She tri on page 169

8 matches

Percy, Ely The Family Situation, (The Interpreters House.org 2020) Central, prose
elly hit me on the heid wi an apple at lunch time the day. She tr
ent right through her fur the apple episode an he’s tolt her ta
2 matches

@annieones tweeted
Whit ye need is chocolate or apple pie, av jist hud thu latter, (2021) twitter link

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ae cherry-tart, custart, pine-apple, roast turkey, toffee, an hoa on page 13

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
get ma phone upgraded but the Apple shop wis shut. Apparently, th on page 6

2 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
his bag, 'ye cin get a candy apple urr a bag ae whelks. Mussels on page 1

2 matches

McCrory, Pat Lallans 56 - The Tale ae a Worm, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
ht his teacher each day a rid apple. on page 114

1 matches

General Central

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
r knee. She fed him pieces of apple and gave him sips of water an on page 3

1 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
to the market and I bought an apple". When we came tae Q we got s on page 120

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
is starvin for ah only hud an apple or a biscuit ma ma gied me fu
1 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
chools app, available fae the Apple an Google Play stores, fae @S (2021) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
red as apple-russet, on page 40

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Apple, orange, yin special toy on page 18
An apple, orange an juist yin toy, on page 19

2 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Cromie, Willie Doon tha Wal Raa, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1739905620) Ulster - Ballywalter, prose
n yer gums is yer gims, Adams apple becomes Eddam’s epple Fur a
1 matches

General Ulster

Stewart, Kenny The Bread Van, (Facebook 2020) Ulster, poetry
There were apple squares an' flies graveyards,
1 matches

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