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“Yodeling” or “Yodelling”

Language

Yodeling and yodelling are both English terms.

Usage

Yodeling is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while yodelling is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available) 👇:

Term US UK India Philippines Canada Australia Liberia Ireland New Zealand Jamaica Trinidad & Tobago Guyana
yodeling 96 46 78 79 73 40 0 47 45 100 100 0
yodelling 4 54 22 21 27 60 0 53 55 0 0 0

  • In the United States, there is a preference for "yodeling" over "yodelling" (96 to 4).
  • In the United Kingdom, there is a 54 to 46 preference for "yodelling" over "yodeling".
  • In India, there is a preference for "yodeling" over "yodelling" (78 to 22).
  • In the Philippines, there is a preference for "yodeling" over "yodelling" (79 to 21).
  • In Canada, there is a preference for "yodeling" over "yodelling" (73 to 27).
  • In Australia, there is a 60 to 40 preference for "yodelling" over "yodeling".
  • In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "yodeling" and "yodelling".
  • In Ireland, there is a 53 to 47 preference for "yodelling" over "yodeling".
  • In New Zealand, there is a 55 to 45 preference for "yodelling" over "yodeling".
  • In Jamaica, there is a preference for "yodeling" over "yodelling" (100 to 0).
  • In Trinidad & Tobago, there is a preference for "yodeling" over "yodelling" (100 to 0).
  • In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "yodeling" and "yodelling".
Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use yodeling or yodelling with sample sentences.

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Examples in Context

Examples of “yodeling”

  • field holler, overtone singing, and yodeling the music.
  • Kumar used yodeling in many of his songs
  • Woody Shaw – trumpet, maracas, yodeling, percussion
  • singing and the songs and yodeling of immigrant cowboys, called "paniolos"
  • Allegro being highly reminiscent of yodeling was probably a deliberate gesture
  • The yodeling that arguably uniquely identifies one
  • in yodeling
  • for his high-octave falsetto and yodeling abilities, and songs such as
  • Miss America 2007 including her yodeling abilities.
  • Bristol, Tennessee, he sang the "yodeling lullaby", "Sleep, Baby, Sleep" and

Examples of “yodelling”

  • "Yodelling Christmas" - Mary Schneider
  • Song: "Yodelling Goatherd"
  • Bjørn Tomren: Yodelling
  • story of a goatherd whose yodelling is heard from far off
  • "Seattle Yodel" features the Yodelling Pickle, made by the novelty
  • to practise the art of yodelling, before descending into the Derbyshire
  • Boys and featuring fiddles and yodelling, they represent the "longest train"
  • which showed off Denver's falsetto yodelling register.
  • orchestra conducted by Arturo Steffani (Yodelling & Whistling by Ronnie Ronalde)
  • of Appenzell instrumental music and yodelling is documented and updated by


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