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The word 'castles'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
castlesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.82619
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 3
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 42 4 2
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central 91.7 2 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee 63.7 6 3
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
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 castles in Corpus

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Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Thur wis castles made o bannos and lochs o hom on page 91

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
No sign o picky ternos at The Castles yit bit on page 16

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
reat! A walk south to see the Castles (stacks) or north to Skaill. (2020) twitter link

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ational Park, Distilleries an Castles wi prices fae jis £32. Ye hi(2018)

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
Kent for: Wine an castles on page 17

3 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
Scotland’s castles tak a lot o beatin, there’s
1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
im o the sheel - an here twa castles oxterin idder - I dinna thin on page 16

1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
@Ali_Leith Some o the castles ye are nae getting in though (2020)

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
d taen the principal touns an castles, an nane but Sir William Wall
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
te an image o oor gubbed auld castles, oor shootin estates an oor t
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
an it wis aw jist pictures ae castles an hooses an stuff that said on page 19

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
an it wis aw jist pictures ae castles an hooses an stuff that said
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Pride, power, castles an lands wir now on page 42

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
irmy an took ower monie o the castles dottit aboot the land. Nou Sc on page 22
em tae be stories o ghosts in castles. Whither this is jist because on page 116

3 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
climmin Benachie, or gaun tae castles an gairdens, or shoppin in Un(2020)

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Or Beardmore's honkin castles at Porkheid as weel. on page 37

1 matches

General Central

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
They'll capture the castles, brek oot guns and swords, on page 5

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
timeline o Scotland, a leet o castles, census feigurs, leets o king on page 130

2 matches

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Kenspeckle Man, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
castles (Kellie and Balcomie)
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
nither cried Vir, tae see sum castles fae Game o’ Thrones (as ye
1 matches

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