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The word 'balls'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ballsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.32119
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 2
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of balls in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
the wife bi throwan ping-pong balls. on page 29

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ae blue, red and white peedie balls stuck to the end of it, and a on page 30

1 matches

Shetland

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
ide for me tae, "Spanish meat-balls", shu said, an auld recipe fa

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ridges an furrows: e croquet balls were live hedgehogs, an e mal on page 79

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ye're aat feart Ah'm gaun te balls aathin up again, foo div ye n on page 57

1 matches

General Northern

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
The red and yellow balls. I hae tae win the bonus poin
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
verpriced pies & freezing yer balls tae watch shite! Ye deserve s(2017)

@glenlivetloon tweeted
ou'll hear fit'ba' - we call balls 'baas' and our 'maw' our 'Ma'(2020)

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
wes aye arreingin Jauss Baun Balls. It wes this lest interess at
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
He'd applied fur a job packin balls a wool in a warehouse ower in on page 54
butter. It wis aboot aniseed balls actually, ah tolt him, Ah wis on page 99

2 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ater the main charge sent the balls onward. The range wis only ab
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
broadcaster’s bane, was “balls!” Ma “bête-noir” wis a
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
eck. “He made a grab for my balls. I'll be having nightmares fo
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
. Eventually ah worked up the balls tae go back tae ma gaff an fl
1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
He pushes off with the balls of his feet, and the swivel c on page 14

1 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
, tak oot arrow heids, musket balls, as weel a dealin wi ony kind

@billykayscot tweeted
ianbuses Cullen skink, Hawick Balls, Jethart snails, Berwick Cock(2020)

@rattlecans tweeted
ience. Wee lassies can't grow balls, but we can put Big Girl Pant (2022) twitter link

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
us aal ridges an furrows: the balls wur leevin hedgehogs, the mal on page 82

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
attled frae Hughie lik brandy balls in a cake tin, a ticher that on page 14

1 matches

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