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The word 'pencil'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pencilOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus18.15928
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 70.3 2 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 20.3 8 6
WCE - West Central 78.2 17 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 31.9 7 4
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 62.8 2 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of pencil in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
given pencil camera on page 16

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
Een o da jurors hed a pencil at squeakit. Dis, of coorse, on page 110
a squeaks o da Lizard's slate-pencil, an da suppressed guinea-pigs on page 125

3 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Wan o ejurors hed a pencil at squeaked. Iss, o course, A on page 105
e squeakan o e Lizard's slate-pencil, an e chokan o e suppressed g on page 120

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
irn sat wi a slate an a slate pencil. A map o the warld hung skwee
er ain version o't wi a slate pencil on her slatie, in scratty hau
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
e oot wad come a Licht like a pencil, an Dr Ewan wad shine it inno
1 matches

Aberdeen

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
oon nodded, slowly. Paper and pencil war gaen tae him. Cannily, he
1 matches

General Northern

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
that sits ahin a desk wi yer pencil an yer plans, nae carin a doc on page 8

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
bye's the neive that held the pencil, an in yon neive an throw it on page 51

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
mom, he taks a broon colourin pencil and fills in the ootline o he
1 matches

(South) East Central

Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
frae oniethin shairper nor a pencil, for a term or on page 83

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
that wisnae bad enough, some pencil pusher in London hus decided on page 21
ears. Ah decide tae pull this pencil pusher tae the side. Jist tae on page 161
Ah then proceeded tae take ma pencil case oot ma bag. Along wae a on page 189

3 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
cribbled doon every word, his pencil fleein back an forrit across on page 27

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Ma pencil's sherp, the paper's white;
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
an furrit fae the pynt o his pencil:" cleekin wi gret feelin the
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
for her. She cannae keep the pencil behind her lug ???????(2020)

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
and get yersel a jotter and a pencil and let's see how clivvir ye on page 44
ped at her. Then she lifted a pencil and quickly done the sum on a on page 68
gripped it. She hud lined her pencil-box wi star-grass fur the cra on page 131
aged tae wachle the lid o the pencil-box richt hame and the esk wi on page 133
ke lightnin, Lavender got her pencil-case fae her schuilbag and sl on page 134
Also on pages 160
12 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
nen ah went tae get a len ae pencil an fuckin Mickey fuckin O'Rou on page 29
sat doon on ma bed, took a HB pencil oot ma pencil case, an then b on page 32
o tae the bin tae sharpen her pencil right after that an Charlene on page 113
new Hunner an Wan Dalmatians pencil case aff him, That dog's as d on page 169

5 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
Wan ae the jurors hid a pencil that squeaked. This wis suhin on page 107
queakin ae the Lizard's slate-pencil, an the chokin ae the suppres on page 122

2 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
g wis cute tae them. Glittery pencil cases, hair clips, old fogeys on page 39

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ad oot an licked the nib ay a pencil he wis haudin an startit writ
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
oice comes fae behind the wee pencil moustached prick. ‘Daniel,
gain, eh?’ he sais, his wee pencil moustache collectin wee globu
2 matches

Eunson, Catherine This Winter, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
coat, oxtered ledger, pencil snug
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
Yin o the jurors had a sclate-pencil, makin sic a loud screivin, s on page 44

2 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
e're really strugglin', put a pencil between yer teeth an' hud it on page

2 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
let. Ah take a compass oot ma pencil case and start workin oan the on page 45

1 matches

@iainnicol tweeted
@ExMinimis aww - pencil it in fir the middle ae neist(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Yin o th jurors hae a pencil that squeaked. This, o course on page 108
squeakin o th Lizard's slate-pencil, an th chokin o th suppressed on page 123

2 matches

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
een mair meat oan a butcher's pencil!(2020)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
Yin o the jurors had a pencil that squeakt. This, o coorse, on page 109
squeakin o the Lizard's slate-pencil, an the choking o the suppres on page 124

2 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
ars mair mate on a buttcher's pencil," said Davie, lachin. on page 23

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
oot across the ebb toward the pencil-shapit Chaine Memorial Tower
1 matches

General Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
f blanks..... No lead in thon pencil ??(2021)