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The word 'bills'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
billsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.81914
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 27.6 6 4
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.7 3 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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of bills in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Deus the shoppeen, pays the bills, on page 23

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Fa staps throu the letters an bills for's tae pay As lang's he ma on page 15

1 matches

Aberdeen

The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
wi’ an affa lot o’ unpaid bills fit we’ve only been able ta
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ee square meals a day and nae bills. Fuckin quality, man." on page 20

1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Lang gane double-bills wi the 'Simple Minds', on page 61

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 73 - Pop Gaes the Idol, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Hamilton, poetry
and dreams o Yankee dollar bills on page 114

1 matches

Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
ut where will it end? Utility bills? Newspapers? Road signs?" Wee
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
the place clean Pied a’ the bills an’ fixed the washin’ mac
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Till Houletgless an the Soond o Money, (The Scores 2018) Central, prose
wi takkin ma deeners aff yer bills. Ah micht hiv tae sleep in th
1 matches

Wilson, Rab A Newsin Wi Jack Aitken, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
Tae pey oor bills she’d pawn yer sark,
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ur a crisis loan tae paiy his bills. His request is swiftly rebuf
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
e road wae bands, he’s goat bills tae paiy. Tryin tae save up t
1 matches

General Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
ne ava). Mortgages, rent, gas bills, bairns' claes, poll tax, the on page 16

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
UC. So ye hae tae pey aa yer bills oot o £400 pcm. Cud ye dae t(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
kennt nocht aboot shoppin nor bills. on page 20
, logged in masel tae pey the bills, bocht umpteen things aff Ama on page 77

3 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
"That'll no cover the bills." on page 25

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
ha job o) peyin tha hoosehaud bills an skaiths.
1 matches

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