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The word 'caunle'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
caunleOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.42816
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 19.6 6 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 32 3 1
LAL - General Central 11.8 9 8
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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of caunle in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
uld Earth Hoosie, an stumps o caunle lay fizzled oot on the yirdy
n wearie, fleggit feet wi her caunle gutterin in her haun, Minnie
The maid lichtit a caunle fur the pair, an poored a jee
o fusky, a loaf o breid an a caunle. They're aa tae meet ootside
g chairges. The lowe frae her caunle shone ower twa pairs o steeki
6 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
histit bi the wund sumwhaur a caunle's bein lit tae a saunt whae m on page 3

3 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
erkness ayont the licht o his caunle. He kent the Chaumers wis ain on page 26

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 67 - Clash fae Cauld Hill, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Taen saft as a blinterin caunle: on page 39

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
c. Still the gemm's worth the caunle.
1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
The caunle lowe, uprichteous as a pulpit on page 112

2 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
The caunle haes a hert - it canna bear on page 22

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
O whit a caunle lit tae glaur and glimmer on page 23

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
richt oot aathegither, like a caunle. I wunner whit like I'd be th on page 13

3 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
I wudna sit by the sill till caunle flames on page 55

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
umers, an bliss the lowe o ma caunle. This strang caistle gairds f on page 9

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
bi the man fur wham A held a caunle; Slammed the door shut on hin on page 6
a caunle snuffed oot in its prime; on page 21

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
at he'd seen the dowp-end o a caunle inside the auld tindel-box. on page 39

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
o haein the can for aucht but caunle licht an bonfires in thae day
1 matches

@FaetheRye tweeted
son1 @meljomur Couldny haud a caunle tae David Attenborough. Whit (2021) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
quick. Nane o thum cin haud a caunle tae James McAvoy. His talent (2020)

@rattlecans tweeted
bout Mawe, trying tae light a caunle, trying tae get it tae stey u (2022) twitter link

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