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The word 'bile'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bileOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus18.46034
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 22.9 7 3
MNB - Mid Northern B 131 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 39.9 9 5
NEC - North East Central 139.1 3 2
SEC - (South) East Central 12.7 5 4
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 3
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 2
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 27.9 21 11
SEA - South East (Borders)
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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bile in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ir bare feet. Dey wir da aert bile too, far better as ony moader on page 92

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
An aifter the greetin an bile't ham wis by on page 15

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ice fun his bleed beginnin te bile as his een meeved te the Jewe on page 12
i deein wi't - maks ma bleed bile!" on page 25

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
" He fun is bleed beginnin te bile. "He's expeckin's te bring wi on page 6

1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
@Prodrill_ers Awa an bile yer heid or Yiv a face like a(2014)

Mid Northern B

Harvey, Lewis Crash, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
etention. She could go awa an bile her heid.
1 matches

General Northern

Bolland, John Tales Fae The Doric Side - Hadean Eon: 4.5 Billion Years ago , (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
t syne waater can condense an bile. on page 82

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Dice em up and bile them fur sim broth noo, on page 140
Weel ye can bile 'em up fir supper time on page 193

3 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
bile. Noo the news wis a'a aboot t
in an a wee stove, so he cood bile a kettle if there wis
2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
r the tatties tae cum tae the bile. A haid a gid herty stew
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
@yhazony Awa an bile yir heid ye gowk - fit utter (2022) twitter link
@tomwapowell Bile yir heid young loon, yiv nae (2020) twitter link

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
st a spell that made his heid bile up wi rage and it drove him r on page 3
stheus wis really stertin tae bile his ile. He wisna an impatien on page 26

2 matches

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
is twa-pairt airticle we’ll bile it richt doun tae whit we act
1 matches

(South) East Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
've got is the fish heids tae bile up fur a pan oO" soup. on page 17

1 matches

Peffers, Bob A Aboot Mid-Camps, Kirnitten, Bi East Cawther, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
the road frae the hoose, tae bile watter. She hid a muckle widd
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
ryanca77572908 Makes ma blood bile buddy ??(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
yLuv16 @cathedral_sport awa n bile ur heed ya roaster ffs lol (2020) twitter link
mas dinner - really - awa n bile ur heeds ya numpties lol (2020) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
'Awa and bile yer heid!' skraiched the Turn on page 127

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
juist lik Balbinus did wi the bile oan Hagna's nose. on page 118

1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
could get tears oot past the bile risin’ up.
aifter forum an’ the bitter bile is spewed forth. There are th
2 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Meanwhile thi pot wiz bile-in up, on page 40

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
re forced tae bide at hame an bile the kettle. As for the Aiberd on page 50
back in yon times ye haud tae bile up the tin in a dixie o water on page 73
nae intention ither than tae bile it up fer her man's an her ai on page 94

3 matches

Glasgow

McCrory, Pat Lallans 57 - Jimsie’s Maw’s Soup, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
a smile, brocht it aw tae the bile; on page 29

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
e in the time it takes us tae bile a kettle.
1 matches

Bratchpiece, Neil The Wee Man Ft. Leo - Parliamo Glasgow, (YouTube 2014) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Jamaican ma heid bile, that's you heavy told!
1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
s onywey, but naw! Or Awa and bile yer heid! Or somethin alang t on page 24

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ar telt hoo tae mak scones an bile a egg. Monday efternuin wis f on page 21

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
ha'll gullie yer thrapple and bile ye doon for the tod-hoonds. A on page 6

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
thocht a veruca wis a sort o bile ye got on yer fit! But I must on page 68
ish,' said Mr Wonka, 'awa and bile yer heid!' on page 122

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
I'll steer them up, I'll bile them lang, on page 15
n on the tap. 'T will hae tae bile it aw up, Geordie said. 'Yin on page 31
ed Mr Kranky. 'Gie it anither bile! We hae it this time! I'll be on page 85
'Bile it up again!' skirled Mr Kran on page 89

6 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
Awa an bile yer heid on page 35

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Our bleed begouth tae bile: on page 50

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
r like a pot o stovies on the bile. The English teacher was swea on page 37

2 matches

Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
Awa an’ bile yer heid, min.
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
agree to some extent, but the bile aimed at the FM is outrageous(2020)
irSampso1 @Sinethugcat Awa an bile yer heid, Alasdair. I ken her(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
depressin enough withoot her bile bein added tae it.(2020)

@raiphsays tweeted
kly, tae you, Johnson: awa an bile yer heid.(2020)

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
a time tae it biles an let it bile awa fur a guid hauf oor. on page 28

1 matches

General Ulster

Robinson, Philip , (Facebook 2021) Ulster, prose
a bar across tha tap fur tae bile tha watter, an iverie man hae
1 matches

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