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The word 'souls'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
soulsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.82621
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 31.5 3 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.5 8 8
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 souls in Corpus

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Orkney

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
nters and soothes their weary souls. on page 60

1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
time strolls are good for wir souls, especially since Alzheimers,(2020)

Mid Northern A

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Tae takk yer souls for ivermair! on page 8
Tae takk wir souls wid be a sin!" on page 11
An sook fowks souls an bring them in? on page 13

3 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
f their drink and drug filled souls.
1 matches

Aberdeen

Facebook link (Doric Scots Books an Poems 2022) Doric - Aberdeen
tae buy 'em, even the poorest souls

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
tae buy 'em, even the poorest souls
1 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
fties or rowies for Aiberdeen souls
1 matches

General Northern

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ynin a line o fower ither sad souls waitin fur their scran. He fi on page 73

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
o foo his hairst aye yet wis souls. on page 40

1 matches

(South) East Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
banes, as they yell oot like souls damned tae hell. They say tha on page 16

2 matches

West Central

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
. She sympathised wi the poor souls who hud tae travel in that we
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
like thi souls o meh feet. on page 82

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Hr tried tae laed oor weary souls,
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
le though. We're both awkward souls so she sees me and gestures p on page 3

1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
We ken the rot yer souls contain, on page 104

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
e afore us and pray for their souls. My grandams, my grandfaither on page 3

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
men unrolled their packs like souls on page 8

1 matches

Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
n as humans wi’ herts an’ souls, but simply aim tae suck us d
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
Pair souls wur executit in Edinburgh.

@DABArbuckle tweeted
be mair concerned aboot 15000 souls potentially infected due tae (2020)

@rattlecans tweeted
@LethalLottie Wee souls want tae bellow. Makes em fee (2022) twitter link

@Sinethugcat tweeted
y days of 2017... a few brave souls marched fae Fife tae Dundee a (2021) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
conflicted souls in cold eternity's hold! on page 73

1 matches

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