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The word 'halls'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
hallsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus41312
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B 131 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 halls in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
foo tae please the dancers In halls fae Glass tae Tarrycroys McWi on page 15

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
is preachin in een o e meetin halls upo e Sabbath an a wumman wis on page 104

1 matches

Mid Northern B

Crawford, Jack The Pluffer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
g. Fan I wis walking doon the halls and I spotted ma wee sester.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
Music Halls! Ma folks lued the guid singe
1 matches

West Central

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ed. She followed the carpeted halls through the hoose, and it see
e end of wan ae the maze-like halls tae curl up in.
2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
gaitherins cam fae the music halls an the radio, the Jacobite sa on page 70

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
for the Dwarf lords, in their halls of stone,
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
I wander through the halls lookin fir the festie club wh on page 3

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Scrivened wi fear in ruifless halls gey drear, on page 29

1 matches

Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
ht and Day”, across fae the halls ah residence for the Universi
1 matches

General Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
The Halls’ hoose hid wan advauntage o
1 matches

South East (Borders)

The Westender Pipin for the Young Yins, (The Hawick Paper 2008) Southern, newspaper
t accommodation in yin o' the halls in the toon. A suppose it's n
1 matches

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