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Use in varieties of Scots

parlour Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.8 2.1 11.2 9.9 0 0 26.5
Number of occurrences184 7 1 0 0 6
Number of authors9 4 3 1 1

Occurrences of parlour 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.

Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ly, gaed tae phone the beauty parlour. on page 59

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Ootside the massage parlour yae nicht, when this big cele on page 111

1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Thi air in the parlour wiz waarm. The temperature oo
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
hame an gaed intae a massage parlour an speirt for a massage. This
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
plinters throwe the sma-paned parlour winda an chases awa the shadd on page 22
ma een an ging throwe te the parlour, mynin foo Faither hid lookit on page 78
Ah caa tee the parlour door an ging throwe te Mam's on page 79

3 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
us, gin ye lea the door o our parlour wide tae the waa, an it's jis on page 14

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
t hoose tae Granny Bruce. The parlour an the kitchie war on the bod
e table afore the fire in the parlour, a braw fite lace table cloot
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
the sexual safety o a massage parlour tae the ram-stam fyke o birzz
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ed pig - they're the latest 'parlour pet' on page 50

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
wheen o oors in the ice-cream parlour. The early burd catches the w on page 1

6 matches

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