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The word 'gorbals'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
gorbalsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.1179
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 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 14.4 11 4
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 gorbals in Corpus

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North East Central

Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
An here I am, a lad fae the Gorbals wi nae rifle, nae wappen at a
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Lets 'Hooray Henrys' heckle 'Gorbals Mick'. on page 152

1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
the Kingdom o’ Fife tae the Gorbals, we dinnae a’ soon’ the s
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
he boays ur jumpin oot at the Gorbals an walkin oer the bridge tae
ng the bus is stoappin at the Gorbals, pullin intae a street just a
2 matches

@johnstone_shane tweeted
D hud it. It's a pal fae thi Gorbals that yaises it so mibbe no wi (2020) twitter link

General Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
1947) an Robert McLeish's The Gorbals Story (1948). An while it his on page 39

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 104 - Whaur Div Ye Belang Tae?, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
the parochs o Barony, Glesca, Gorbals, Govan an ithers fae the wast on page 40

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
* The Gorbals (Gorbals, Glesca); on page 30

2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
but grue at the scenes in The Gorbals Story or Men Should Weep; e'e on page 127

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
the feenish. The plays is The Gorbals Story by Robert McCleish, Gol
The Gorbals Story wis a smash hit and bro
o and Benedick Scott, but The Gorbals Story wis aye the financial r
flects that the success o The Gorbals Story wis maybe nae athoot a
uld be entitled “Fun in the Gorbals”’
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