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The word 'channel'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
channelOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.13625
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 26.6 6 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 22.8 9 6
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.7 3 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 28.1 2 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of channel in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
wis been watchin some Swedish channel. Shü coodna understaand what on page 5

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De Luca, Christine Gaet-markers, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
-pointin wis; buoys ta shaa a channel
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Mid Northern A

Wilson, Heidi and Isla Then and noo, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Keith, prose
But I’ve got channel a day lang,
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
in Aiberdeen get their ain TV channel like Glesga the first program(2014)
created a gye funny Doric TV Channel on YouTube, hiv a keek aat ht(2016)
ae mairriet at first sicht on Channel Fower! #MarriedAtFirstSight(2020)

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia North East filmmakker feart for the futur o Doric, (Doric Future 2019) Doric, blog
ill has her ain Doric YouTube channel, far she describes hersel as
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General Northern

@Franwella tweeted
@antanddec bugger I wiz on Channel 4!(2011)
Oh dear had tae change channel! x(2011)
@grantasf channel 143 piping hot forres #now(2013)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
st noticed the Sony Christmas channel is noo on. Fit erse decides a(2020)
nd yer neck in. Watch another channel if it disnae rock your boat.(2019)
aeFoggie Aht's brilliant. Fit Channel will I find it on o ma dodgy (2019)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
at the telly an chainges the channel as she goes ower tae the wind on page 1

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
s the alternative? Change the channel and listen tae a graduate ae on page 16
ichael Jackson oan the Disney channel. Finally, efter a gid few min on page 125

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
asked whit she wore tae bed. Channel Number Five. If they'd asked on page 22
k the heidlines on ev'ry news channel that whaever finds this wummi on page 85
one whit he wis telt an every channel in the country wis screamin t on page 86

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
in programmes ti kythe on the channel’. A howp Mr. Russel herkens
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
, challenge, chamber, chance, channel, chap, chapel, chaplain, chap
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
portsTV o dear o dear - this channel is free on many live streams (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
nation Street or the Hallmark Channel (cause the two ae them used t on page 169

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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
likely come ower the English Channel at the same time. Nivver mind on page 25

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General Central

Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 2 - Editorial: A Twa Wey Street, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, prose
airliament, a dedicatit radio channel rinnin on 810 medium-wave - on page 3

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
can be dounladit. The 'Games Channel' at www.onlinegames.net is up on page 54

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
can be dounladit. The 'Games Channel' at www.onlinegames.net is up on page 54

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@DABArbuckle tweeted
e tak ony mair o the BBC Tory channel. But yer richt, the Vine show(2020)

@LairnScots tweeted
be oan the @SATEfeed YouTube channel :-) (2020) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
ologies and magazines and oan Channel 4. Luves tae combine his land on page 189

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@StuartPoet tweeted
yin Ah see maist days. Great channel when in full flow. Here's a p(2020)
City. Aboot time we'd a Scots channel, paper, exams, films etc. It'(2020)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
In the multi channel digital age that is oor ain b on page 46

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Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
lk fae Ulster caain the North Channel "The Sheuch" tae mak the dist
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General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
in the croasss border, croass channel an' on page 24

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@MarkThompStuff tweeted
ngue' on oor side o the North Channel forbye :) @USCN1(2020)

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