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The word 'barrels'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
barrelsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.51812
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 31 7 4
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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)
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) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of barrels in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
Jist mak shair he gets aa the barrels o chemical muck, that yon lad on page 84

3 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
d gie the coorse bugger baith barrels min!” And added, “It wid
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
tside a the shop wis six half barrels, fer foo o peat
the barrels aleen, an set aboot pooin oot
an, the barrels began tae look fine an health
dge gruwin there. Atween, the barrels wis aboot twa fit, You couldn
4 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
A shotgun – baith barrels discharged – discardit doon
1 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
tae me like lookin up the twa barrels o 15 inch cruiser guns and I
1 matches

@JoanHenry7 tweeted
to get still whisky from the barrels (too difficult to explain). W (2023) twitter link

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
Ma pal Ginger gied them baith barrels: “Mind you be a bit mair fu
1 matches

West Central

@annieones tweeted
iesaurus Tae richt hen, baith barrels! ???? (2021) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
an auld boat, load it wi tar barrels an set it alicht - nae healt on page 126
er auld boat wi lads cairryin barrels o tar alongside. The boat wis on page 127

2 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
classes. Ma maw geed me both barrels last night. A went in stoned on page 51

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Pine martens loupin intae barrels, on page 71

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
owe tha maistèr?' 'A hunnèr barrels o oyle,' sayed he. Sae tha fo on page 97

1 matches

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