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The word 'skuil'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
skuilOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.3418
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 43.9 18 3
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.1 10 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 96.9 8 2
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of skuil in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
pals wi Syme an Son, on a new skuil we wis biggin juist ootside t on page 85
ot wha's gaun tae feinish his skuil for him. Tak it frae me he'll on page 86

2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
Ian mindit Yakcam frae the skuil job him an Cherlie haed tyauv on page 26

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
the son o a tyler, but efter skuil wes lairnt the tredd o a sout on page 45

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
hair twa sels at Grant Street Skuil, ropin windaes. Whan they wis on page 58
ivellin gaffer, cam intil the skuil. on page 59

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ils frae St. Ninians Primarie Skuil, ti be gien wittins anent tha
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
Ma Grannie convoyed me ti skuil on ma first day. We stuid in
sna sae crouse whan A gaed ti skuil fur ma rolment, an wes suin g
na bairns ti benefit frae the skuil, an, o veritie naither masell
bairns. Wi gaun ti the samen skuil an bein neipours, we becam fr
it 1850. Whan he skailed frae skuil, Rab wes prentised as a sklat
10 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
idit at the pynes o leain the skuil an stertin wark (A'l hae ti s on page 9

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
aulder anes) an freind at the skuil. Whan he enters, Woodville is
1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
nse an quinnin, no juist boun-skuil heid skartin. It is approprit on page 11

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
g as a leill Pecht o the auld skuil an traistit ti gie soun avysi on page 46

1 matches

General Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
auld halflin no lang oot the skuil. They'd aa been in the War, a on page 65

8 matches

Fyall, Aitken Lallans 58 - The Wa-Ganging o the Meinister, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
coorie richt doon, ahent the skuil wa, on page 80

1 matches

@ThonJacobite tweeted
its for ma hauns. Aff tae the skuil like Nanook o the No(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
lik this in hur lessons at th skuil, an tho this wisnae an awfy g on page 9
bit noo an then, "oo went tae skuil in th sea. Th heidteacher was on page 93
tions-in fact, oo went tae th skuil every day - " . on page 93
e. "Ah micht as weil b' at th skuil richt noo." Onyways, she got on page 103

7 matches

Purves, David Lallans 75 - Gie Us Back Oor Place Names, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
fell effect on generations o skuil bairns, an eikit an element o
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

@Angelinekking tweeted
hould save masel for thon big skuil up thonner in Coleraine.(2020)