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The word 'eil'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
eilOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.1176
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 22.9 7 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 26.6 6 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 eil in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
ilding, thi smell o paraffin, eil, petrol an injin's. Now eis i on page 5
iers wis clartet we cod liver eil. We offen wurket aff o thi Br on page 20
sea's pullootit we stuff cad eil on page 35
it en horrer cus shi weis nay eil pinten either. Shi roart oot, on page 41
t weis loasen aw ma pitril an eil, a weis ayeweis oot a pootch on page 65
Also on pages 69
7 matches

West Central

Aitken, Jim Lallans 104 - A Pauchle o Thochts oan the Middle Aist, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
d gie a damn. But Kuwait grew eil pipe lines insteed o carrots on page 23
ecidet tae nationalise aw the eil. Weil, we couldnae hae that c on page 24

6 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
There eil be sat in a flamin chair on page 69

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
e chairge. Despite Young Loch Eil an’ his brother’s shouts
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
en?" "Ca' bheil Donaidh? Chan eil sgeul air." on page 3

1 matches

General Central

Reider O'Doom Aye!, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2013) Central, poetry
‘I maist eil in Europe.
1 matches

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