doonstair | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
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Occurences normalised per million words | 2.9 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | |
Number of occurrences | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Number of authors | 5 | 4 | 1 |
Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
cracker oan her chin then ran doonstair tae tell ma mither they’d g
€˜wee sowel’ finally creept doonstair. Bet she smelt the denner. Ma
it ma claes oan quick an went doonstair. Ma mither wis awready up, in
3 matches
Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
it. You can go intae the bar doonstair anytime but it’s two minute
1 matches
Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
ot the room. I hear him going doonstair, and I rest my head on the pi
I hear him shifting aboot doonstair, and I get up and look oot th
2 matches
Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
nae staun the thought o going doonstair alane. She wisnae feart or an
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