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The word 'carline'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
carlineOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.53811
ORK - Orkney
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
DOR - General Northern 57.6 13 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 19.7 15 4
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)

Occurrences of carline in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
noo she luikit an auld, auld carline wi her teeth aa rottit awa, n
1 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
tae the den o the coorse Sea Carline, doon in the mirk founs o the on page 118
catched and keepit bi the sea carline. on page 119
and his warld!" hubbered the carline. "Bit humans hae sowels. Fin on page 120
ful dauncin," reponed the Sea Carline. "Bit mind this - gin yer pr on page 121
And sae it wis deen. The Sea Carline cut oot the wee sea quine's t on page 122
Also on pages 125, 126, 127, 128
13 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 67 - Clash fae Cauld Hill, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
aest end hoose the'r an auld carline: on page 39

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
the carline wesna as strang as it wes ti
Plece. The carline hed hecht the bogil at the we
2 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
, in front o this rid-craigit carline. There wis a lot mair she wan on page 82

1 matches

Dundee

Rebecca, Casey and Stephen The Baby Dragon, the Wolves and the Lassies, (Scots Hoose 2017) Doric, weans
As soon as it spoke a wicked carline cried Tricky Trixie appeared
wis at last free fae the evil carline.
wis actually a prince wha the carline had put a spell on years afor
3 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
The Gyre Carline, The Rudas on page 26

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
himsel. The place wis like a carline's kitchen! Aw aboot him bleck on page 100

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
The auld carline grinned, shawin thae peeliewa on page 8
The auld carline opened her wee runklie mooth, on page 39
n in Grannie's wame. The auld carline yunkit and set and snochered. on page 41
hit it wis daein tae the auld carline. Whit nixt? he wunnered. on page 44
e his back. This ancient auld carline, that wis noo as hie as a hoo on page 71
Also on pages 94, 98
8 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Kenny's Carline on page 65

2 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
the Carline dawdles blythelike, see, an d on page 29

1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
ithoot dout stranger. Carlin (carline), skite an til, dialect wirds
1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Whuppity Stoorie, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
she hae some fun wi the auld carline, for she wis surely a witch a
o the trees skelpin the auld carline's bahookie and doon she come
2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Quick noo daddy afore the carline on page 15

1 matches

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