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The word 'derval'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dervalOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.9233
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 160.2 15 2
LAL - General Central 10.5 8 2
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 derval in Corpus

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Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
hub atween Cumnock, Mauchhin, Derval, Strathaven, Lesmahagow an Do on page 25
n Hill an juist twa mile frae Derval at the heid o the Watter o Ir on page 34
tuid picket on the brae abune Derval, wi a clear sicht doun the Ir on page 35
south . . . scatter doun tae Derval an on tae Sorn or Kilmarnock. on page 36
ked as muckle Jock Morton the Derval blacksmith gied a loud grain on page 37
Also on pages 52
8 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
words fae an auld sang cried Derval Dam are gey relevant tae whit on page 11
us conductress atween here an Derval an here an Kilmaurnock kens t on page 22
tae the terminus at the enn o Derval or the Bus Station in Killie, on page 23

7 matches

General Central

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
in the words o ae chield fae Derval that remarkit "it's comin doo on page 6
ne anither at the likes o the Derval Show. Ae story I heard wes o on page 7

2 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
a walk in the Morton Park in Derval on a Monday mornin. He saw th(2020)
r06639 that ma guidbrither in Derval, Jim Hunter shares his birthd(2020)
ok ye’ll hear that boays fae Derval an Newmilns played in the ear(2020)
best big sisters in Gawston, Derval an the haill wide warld! http(2020)
nceDundee Aye the Nyumulls an Derval boays wis aye jealous o Gawst(2020)

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