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The word 'cellar'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
cellarOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus82611
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 42.5 13 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 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 cellar in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
he cook teen her doon tae the cellar tae show her far the coal wiz
the dark dank stairs tae the cellar. She felt the hairs on the ba
ae cast licht farer intae the cellar but she didna see onything an
e the fire an set fit tae the cellar. She wint doon the steps gye
ark recesses o the dank eerie cellar. She opened her mooth tae scr
13 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
e vault wis jist a lang kinna cellar, wi a windae at the eyn. Ther
1 matches

General Northern

Strachan, Shane Northwords Now 43 - Shane Strachan, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Doric, poetry
the cellar hatch - the till pings, stap on page 19

1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
I kent a door ti the cellar, thence anither on page 40

1 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
t. Ye had the twa bikes i yer cellar. They was the baith o them au
time tae get the key for the cellar. That wuid show him. But ye t
The ladies bike i the cellar had a roond curvit bar, sae y
3 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
secret tunnel under the under cellar, on page 43

1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
life wi a yirdie fluir in its cellar, staundin its lane amang a se on page 19

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Wis doon the cellar weet and smelly on page 5

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
bye-and-bye be hidin ben the cellar. on page 72

2 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
metimes even in a hoose, in a cellar - that wis luxury - ur an a on page 47

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Drosten, John Lallans 67 - Fower Poems bi John Drosten, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
in a seal'd-aff cellar on page 133

1 matches

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