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The word 'medal'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
medalOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.12314
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 46 10 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 medal in Corpus

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Shetland

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
ir blue melts. Ah'm earned me medal. So I luik up ta naebody. Whi
nk. 'Weel,' says I, 'A silver medal is no ta be sneezed at. We'll
2 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
the news that he'd won a bit medal fur Latin, tae be telt that h
jist lay by his buiks, an his medal an his Latib, fur he widna be
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Awarded the Military Medal November 1948.
1 matches

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
that we fund the medal
1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
, "Naw Cherlie, you deserve a medal, sae nivver mind pints, I'll on page 90

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
a uncle said that A wad win a medal or a cup,
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
e! Gaun_ yersel, Brucie! Gold medal fur ye!' on page 124

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
when ah wisnae even gettin a medal. Ah wis aboot tae walk away w on page 14
She held oot this big bronze medal wi a yella ribbon that said o on page 15

4 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The news o his medal ne'er reacht him. on page 88

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
when ah wisnae even gettin a medal. Ah wis aboot tae walk away w
thought it wis good she got a medal, cause when she first startet
She held oot this big bronze medal wi a yella ribbon that said o
ll done, an he pointet at the medal. Ah said, Da whit yi daein he
4 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
s up prize. The fuckin silver medal which ah’ll accept wae grat
1 matches

General Central

Donaldson, Gordon Lallans 90 - Echty-Echt, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
ficer's bunnet an the rowth o medal ribbands on his breist. And o on page 36

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
a prayer card and miraculous medal oantae the blue necklace box. on page 12

1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
es a Long Service & Sufferin' medal masel'... ?? She's a lucky la (2023) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
pinna medal on ye. on page 102

1 matches

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