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The word 'ledge'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ledgeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.11715
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.9 5 4
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
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)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 65.7 2 2
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of ledge in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ttan sad an lonely on a peedy ledge o rock, an, as they came near on page 90

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
n thon secunt she misfitted a ledge that wis sypin watter ooto a
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Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 57 - Mac, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Doric, prose
wee nickum nae clim up till a ledge that rins aa e wye roon e hoo on page 27

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(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
oonted exact, oan the plastic ledge in front ae her an watched th on page 1

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Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
n hoy him up ontae the windae ledge. Murray felt kinn o like he w on page 89

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McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
n the hoose, wey up hie oan a ledge. Rosie haed her wee weys o gr on page 1

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McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
n her big erse oan the windae ledge an lean right oot tae get the on page 7

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Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
d oot her haun tae the windae ledge, luftit ma wee gless horse fi
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West Central

Clark, Thomas Tae Kathleen Jamie, an ither Scots Scrievers, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
ae talk themsels doon aff the ledge. A uiser o Scots growin up in
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Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e doo, which fluttert ontae a ledge abuin thair heids. “Wad ye
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Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
sittin bi himsel oan a teeny ledge o rock, an, as they goat near on page 92

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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
hrough the crowd findin a wee ledge at the edge ay the room. ‘T
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South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ittin glum an alane oan a wee ledge o rock, an, as they got neare on page 92

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Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
sittin sad an lonely on a wee ledge o rock, an es they come nearh on page 93

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Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
A ledge he niver felt a thing, on page 5

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East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
n the kitchen. 'There, on the ledge o the ingleneuk was Daniel, w on page 10

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Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Or if ye'd ledge ye'r Scotch True Blue on page 73

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