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The word 'piles'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pilesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus82618
ORK - Orkney 69.6 7 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 5
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 piles in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
And piles o ancient magazines were craa on page 25
sirloin steak on a Friday, wi piles o fried onions an chips. on page 31
Sheu piles stuff in the trolley while me on page 39
Apairt fae me piles, ah'm quite weel on the whole on page 79
And send aff piles o Christmas cairds tae folk t on page 81

5 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
green, blue an orange piles o tangled rope on page 49

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
e'll get the tube o stuff for piles In een © yon wee presses on page 15

3 matches

General Northern

Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Leaves, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
granmither's wardrobe, aneth piles o sheen aa weel polished wi O on page 22

1 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
ainne @dpke1983 Widnae dae my piles much guid neither.??(2020)

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
lin naebody naethin anent yer piles.' on page 59

1 matches

West Central

Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
obe i same, claiths neatly in piles, makeup arranged neatly roon
1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ndae. Hazel wis surrounded in piles ae embroidered cushions and t
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
dumplins an mealie puddins an piles o tatties and neeps and carro on page 56

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
lps them scale depression’s piles
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
s cud be closed aff there wis piles o auld vehicles an ither junk
1 matches

Glasgow

Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
n I got up fae the fleer, the piles o boxes were ah higher, and a
1 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
were - and drippin fae tins; piles ae boards, on page 95

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
She piles in and scoffs it aw. on page 30

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
heelster-gowdie piles on tap o the copy o Nuptial L on page 125

1 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
fermers redd them up in smaa piles tae be liftit for disposal by on page 18

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
it still made nae difference. Piles o heat were stacked up round on page 37

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
d. In ma mind, I saw him pass piles o champit banes, an waws smoo
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
nae reekin lums, nae piles o dryin nets. on page 31

1 matches

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