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The word 'bsl'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bslOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.1235
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 27.9 21 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bsl in Corpus

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(South) East Central

McFarlane, Ishbel Maun we mak new wirds fir a chyngin warld?, (The National 2020) Central, newspaper
speak o the native yaisers o BSL, but A cam up agin a problem
1 matches

General Central

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
shed aboot British Sign Leid (BSL).
(intakkin BSL). It mibbe wid be helpfu tae
community leids an BSL an their contribution tae the
British Sign Leid (BSL)
better awnin o BSL forby.
17 matches

McClurg, Fernando Review: O is for Hoolet, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
sh an even a bittie French an BSL). She’s ainlie raicently st
1 matches

@IshbelMcF tweeted
’ Een ‘herÂ’ wuid be tricky, BSL grammar yaises placement. In (2018)
Absolutely. I am happy with 'BSL yaiser' fir certain groups. M(2019)
ative, mind. Jist, haein seen BSL interps, they yaise speech wh(2018)

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
which SNP dae by recognising BSL as language. Ye see There is (2020)