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The word 'mabel'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
mabelOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus28.99613
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 140.7 4 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 157 48 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 62.1 14 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 20.1 4 1
AYR - Ayrshire 42.7 4 1
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 48.4 4 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 125.5 4 1
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 mabel in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
t ava; an A'm sure I canna be Mabel, for I ken aa kinds o things, on page 19
n as shö guid on, "I most be Mabel efter aa, an A'll hae ta geng on page 20

4 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
t all; an A'm sure A canna be Mabel, for A ken all sorts o things on page 18
Mabel efter all, an A'll hev till g on page 19

4 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e the duncin, yon muckle, fat Mabel fae the butcher's keepit aski on page 85

3 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Mabel pottered aboot in the gairden
health for a lot o years but Mabel hid managed tae work at the c
the toon a couple o times and Mabel hid teen early retirement tae
struck ten so wi a wee groan Mabel straachtened hersel up fae th
Mabel didna like gyan intae the kit
45 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
as a lintie. 'This is Auntie Mabel's wee kittlin: it's nae hoose on page 77

1 matches

General Northern

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
n te be the best big brither. Mabel's a lucky wee quine." on page 91
an the games room turnt inte Mabel's nursery. on page 92
grandchild. Weel, Ah wis till Mabel arrived. Ah'm glaid the new b on page 93
Are ye lookin forrit te seein Mabel?" Granda aims his sweetie pap on page 94
Mabel's lyin in a plastic cot. A we on page 96
Also on pages 97
14 matches

West Central

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
‘I’m the ghost of Auntie Mabel, this pound note stays on the
‘I’m the ghost of Auntie Mabel, this pound note stays on the
‘I’m the ghost of Auntie Mabel, this pound note stays on the
3 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
aw; an ah'm sure ah cannae be Mabel, cause ae aw soarts ae hings, on page 19
as she went oan, "Ah must be Mabel efter aw, an ah'll hiv tae go on page 20

4 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ets; an I'm shuir I cannae be Mabel, for I ken maist things, an s on page 18
he gaed on, "I dout I must be Mabel efter aa, an I'll hae tae gan on page 19

4 matches

General Central

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
Aunt Mabel redds up her on page 33

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
rsel and bring oot yon cider, Mabel,' the voice cawed. 'Ye ken Mr on page 66
'Ye can hae the heid insteid, Mabel. Ye can hae it tuffed and hin on page 69
'Guidsakes, Mabel, I dinna care sae lang as ye on page 70
'Aye, mistress, Mabel said. She sclimmed slowly oot on page 71

4 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ill tryin tae get that Mother Mabel Carter way of picking down pa(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
w; an Ah'm share Ah cannae b' Mabel, cos Ah ken o sorts o stuff, on page 18
as she went oan, "Ah must b' Mabel richt enough, an Ah'll hae ta on page 19

4 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ringlets ava; an A cudnae bae Mabel, fur A know aal soarts o thin on page 19
es shae went on, "A must bae Mabel efter aal, an A']l hae tae go on page 20

4 matches

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