A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'scribbled'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
scribbledOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.21410
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 2
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 7.3 3 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 24.2 2 1
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 scribbled 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

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I scribbled oot notes tae box numbers, aa on page 42

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
t his wife 'Thir's a bit been scribbled oot bae the censor an he's me on page 37

2 matches

(South) East Central

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
it wis really juist a hastily scribbled note on a bit o paper... but on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
wae a jotter that ah quickly scribbled ma name oan. The noise fae aw on page 189

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
y a couple o young polis. Yin scribbled doon every word, his pencil f on page 27

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
t hus the name ‘Doctor Hill scribbled oan it.
1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Ye've scribbled aw ower ma sketchbook - mais on page 77

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ries." He hung up and quickly scribbled somethin doon on wan o his pa on page 64
widden flairs. There wis een scribbled alang the windae-sill, and wa on page 125

2 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ds o lesson plans that he had scribbled doun bein ripped tae bits bec on page 37

1 matches

McNulty, Victoria Hame, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
Scribbled oot our own map
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
n set tae fa asleep; "an they scribbled aw kinds o hings everythin th on page 73
fair politely, "if Ah hae eet scribbled doon: but Ah cannae quite fol on page 90

2 matches

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