Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'eel'

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Use in varieties of Scots

eel	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	9	30	13
ORK - Orkney	9.9	1	1
SHD - Shetland	11.6	2	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	70.3	2	1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	6.5	2	2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	8.9	2	2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	15.5	6	1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	10	2	1
AYR - Ayrshire	21.4	2	1
LAL - General Central	1.3	1	1
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)	62.8	2	1
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 eel in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
t ur brither is coman at, bit eel niver be able tae wear a pair on page 87

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
But you keepit dat eel on your nose athoot blinkin - on page 50
lin mester wis an aald conger-eel at ösed ta come eence ida we on page 98

2 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Vit ee balanced an eel on e end o yer nose - on page 47
lan-master wis an owld eonger-eel, at used till come wance a we on page 93

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
n they'll say, 'Blist are the eel an e wymes att nivver hid bai on page 119

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
on calfie turned till an auld eel coo, doon the road she gaed t
1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
n up an doun, wammlin like an eel, as he cam doun the gait, wi on page 92

1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ds & baith caught twa cod, an eel & a few auld tins.(2017)

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@Brian_Pacey @BBCSportScot eel need tae pm me on that yin - (2020) twitter link
selburghAth @amy_lou1934 weel eel need tae turn the sound up if (2021) twitter link
it thursday - scroll doon - eel get ma drift - b oan ma son (2020) twitter link
n huv a swatch at ma photo - eel ken me the nxt ti (2020) twitter link
en tae the blazin fiddlers - eel commit hari kari lol (2020) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
But ye balanced an eel oan the end ae yer noseWhit m on page 49
maister wis an auld conger-eel, that used tae come wance a w on page 96

2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
On the end o yer neb a live eel ye curd jinkWhit made ye sae on page 44

2 matches

General Central

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - The Pynes o Luve, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
icht I walt an wammle like an eel, on page 43

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Yet ee balanced an eel oan th end o eer neb - on page 48
in-maister was an auld conger-eel, that yist tae come yince a w on page 95

2 matches

@cammyrudkin tweeted
ll de ask stupid questions or eel get stipid answers #toottootf(2012)
@jamieginger173 eel dae onyhing no ti work #yiral(2012)
l dae mare in ma warm up than eel dae aw nite #gitupti2ndgear(2012)
the spinning cless this week eel probably just stand aside eet(2012)
@Bulla7 @hornet_2011 eel need ti run ti newzealand and(2012)
and 1 other occurrences.

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
Yit yae balance't an eel on the en o yer neb - on page 49
wlin-mester wus an oul conger-eel, that use't tae come yinst a on page 96

2 matches