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The word 'pillae'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pillaeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.61210
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of pillae in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
e yer findin a sweetie on the pillae an aa (2020) twitter link

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
on Yer pillae on page 3

1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
y in the clearin an gied us a pillae carvit fae wid. It didnae leu
1 matches

(South) East Central

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
ek the 'carers' rived an auld pillae slip intae streeps an aw the on page 80

1 matches

Gilmour, Rosie Haimster Pairty, (Scots Hoose 2016) Central, weans
Dreepin o'er a pillae an oan tae ma faither's belly
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
tae get his heid comfy on his pillae. 'Noo stop ficherin aboot,' h on page 30

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
cht Davie as his heid hit the pillae. on page 50

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
han she laid her heid tae her pillae, an gret for her warld - no
the rowed-up coat that made a pillae. He tried tae kiss her.
2 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
el up a wee bit higher on his pillae, 'Mr Wullie Wonka is the mais on page 10
erted guddlin aboot unner his pillae wi wan haun; and when the hau on page 42

2 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
le langer on his chair by oor pillae, thinks Graund Thochts tae hi on page vii

1 matches

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