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The word 'ludge'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ludgeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.9238
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.2 5 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 149.7 12 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 10 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of ludge in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
hinnereyn a blin loon cam tae ludge in her hoose, an wis that tae
x held a sun daunce in a roon ludge wi a cottonwid powl at its mi
2 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
ovost hissel is Maister o oor Ludge an ma faither's ettlin tae fo on page 26

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
ludge. Shae cuidna ein thank hir gy
ower yeir claes i the men’s ludge fur the nicht waatch ar aye s
ig shede at wes the sojer’s ludge. Mirren jaloused at thai
ich, dunner rang out frae the ludge, an aw the
4 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
eneral is o coorse invitit ti ludge thare. At the prospeck o guid
1 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
lat's ludge the nicht amang the henna-bus on page 16

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
whit wei ca’d, the Hoscote Ludge Wud. Ay, the Wud Mairchent wh
ot o Es’dalemuir) i Hoscote Ludge yonner it the fit o Deanburnh
til the sawmill i the Hoscote Ludge wud, it the Haugh. Nou afore
The praisent day Hoscote Ludge (gate hoose), is biggit anens
urents set up hoose i Hoscote ludge, an it wur
12 matches

General Ulster

North South Ministerial Council Twa Thoosan an Six - Twalmond Fynnin, (Ullans Speakers Association 2007) Ulster, government
wus stellit gat at Portneal Ludge, Kilrea. Tha fennin on page 3

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
tha speirin foarm whar the’ ludge, in Hoosehaud sperins (H1 tae
1 matches

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