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The word 'puddle'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
puddleOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.32719
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 31.9 7 5
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.3 10 6
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 88.3 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of puddle in Corpus

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Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A Guttery Puddle on page 136

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Morrice wakened up in a puddle o sweat an squintit it his wa on page 11

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
r junkies lyin face doon in a puddle ae their ain puke. Straight a
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
e back door. She could find a puddle in the dessert ! ?? https://t(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
es1108 aye a paddler - oan a puddle jumper (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
me thir the colour ae a muddy puddle - shitty broon mixed wi grey on page 67

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
risk ae meltin intae a sweaty puddle ae skin. This hus been a such
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
no tae look. Paul's lyin in a puddle, new tracksuit filthy n he's on page 28
round, a wee wall wae a muddy puddle on it. Everycunt turns tae se on page 45

2 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
? Wir feet get wet in the odd puddle an muddy grass. Add decent sh on page 3

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
heid. 'Mair like a glorified puddle.' on page 7

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
up tae warn mah da aboot the puddle ae sick at the tap ae the sta on page 3

2 matches

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
A puddle ae vomit.
1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
er wur heids an' sit in a big puddle o' them - a big puddle o' pu on page

4 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
heid. 'Mair like a glorified puddle.' on page 5

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
she'd landit in a puddle on page 16

1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 73 - Ceilidh, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
on the puddle on page 115

2 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - Gentlemen of the road, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
nor a puddle o pent i the causey:
1 matches

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
elMcF Dae they ken a Dub is a puddle? @FERAL_Arts https://t.co/nuc(2016)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
e made oot that shae wus in a puddle o tears that shae had gret wh on page 21

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Green moss an puddle-hole, on page 20

1 matches

General Ulster

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
He tramped in a puddle on page 19

1 matches

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