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Use in varieties of Scots

showers Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.2 1 1.5 9.9 5.8 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences72 1 1 1 1 1
Number of authors6 1 1 1 1 1 1

Occurrences of showers in Corpus

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Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
usselburgh agree the fans and showers is a big issue m8 - witnesse (2020) twitter link
ds - soaked to the skin n no showers etc etc - a just hope everyb (2020) twitter link

Doric

The Flying Pigs There’s nae reassurance over national insurance, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
ting on during the April snow showers, cos fan it gets even mair ca
1 matches

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
waathir. Gaan tae be any more showers o cattie-faces the night, Jim
1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Sunshine and snow showers on today's #walkies. If dis p(2020) search twitter

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
Or stop showers or baths in order ae being sm(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
As April showers an sunshine bring the earth t on page 48

1 matches

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