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The word 'stench'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
stenchOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.31713
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 9.4 7 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of stench in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
orneen, noon and night - the stench wis owerpooran on page 51

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
kleburgh's health statistics. Stench owerance wis laid on aa fowk
1 matches

(South) East Central

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
hoose Ah wiz flummoxt wi the stench fae ma ain hame. Thin it stra on page 78

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
traight awey ah'm hit wae the stench ae austerity and ah almost OD on page 121
The stench ae Lynx Africa comin fae him on page 198

2 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
the stench o mewlin lairs tae reek oot. on page 112

1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
door tae pitch darkness, the stench ay damp an the fetid, pungent
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
The stench ay the slebbery dug fills ma
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
yre door, an drew back at the stench. The wee bleck cou wis up tae on page 24

1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
in cast, for thair mither wis stench bi naitur, fykie, an unco res on page 15
t in truith she wis faur ower stench an faur ower angry about the on page 25

3 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 84 - Attrition, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
wi the stench o moulderin corses, smoors o on page 8

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
the dock o Mr Tod's tail tae stench the bleedin. 'It wis the mais on page 15

1 matches

Landles, William Lallans 73 - Welcome, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
And strang was the stench o kye; on page 57

1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
ur, and I start tae smell the stench o him, sharp and wet. I move
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ce as they come close tae the stench o the lough. "It's a guid day on page 25

1 matches

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