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The word 'sticky'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
stickyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.72822
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 16.3 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
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) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of sticky 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.

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Ur sticky toffee, risan steam, on page 116

1 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Froggy smoorikins, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
p tae grab a wirm wi his lang sticky tongue. Da poor wirm wis glae
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n syne fell backwyes onte the sticky, beer-stained fleer, groanin on page 16

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
rbye, her drawers war damp an sticky, as if something wis leakin o
t wi their derk een glazed an sticky.
an moss, bit anely spreid the sticky clart aa ower hersel. Noo, he
3 matches

South Northern

Diansangu, Mae Doric, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
it germinates in places sticky
1 matches

Aberdeen

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
doon his legs, the weet, hett sticky piddles sypin inno his socks.
1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
us wi the sticky sense o daein wrang on page 8

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
tit, it lyeukit aat bricht an sticky; an syne she heild on: on page 42

1 matches

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
cam doon, Maw had the creeshy sticky, sypin splatch o egg-drookit on page 36

1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
fits. Salt and pepper squid, sticky rice, and Thai peanut salad t(2020)

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ter, a load o muckle strips o sticky paper. Ah'd hing them aw roon on page 153

1 matches

Edinburgh

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
nses, feeling how ma keks are sticky wi ma cum, an ah wince ay wee
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
yae, likes. You could eat yur sticky toffee puddin oaff the fuckin
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Shoud by genetic clonin sticky stuff, be richt skelly. on page 75

1 matches

Bratchpiece, Neil The Wee Man Ft. Leo - Parliamo Glasgow, (YouTube 2014) Central - Glasgow, poetry
ound yer dial like yer eatin' sticky liquorice
1 matches

@johnstone_shane tweeted
t wir covert in stoor or some sticky pattir? Cannae fun it in thi (2020) twitter link

General Central

Love, Rowena M. Lallans 82 - Simmer Strand, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Sticky wi lauchter, the meenit on page 42

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
i yer tongue! Ye'll mak it aw sticky!' on page 93
A undeemous spoot wi broon sticky goor dreeblin oot o it on the on page 139

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
A sticky feelin oan ma hauns makes me on page xiv

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
n spewed lang, stringy gobs o sticky slaver stretch intae the face on page 18

1 matches

South East (Borders)

The Westender Mairchers did oor toon prood, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
uin away wi' the pin now. The sticky yins were fa'in off and thame
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
ur we fished fer tadpoles and sticky-backs; on page 47

1 matches

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
We licked the sticky spurtle, on page 149

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
on on the griddle as Daniel's sticky palms spreid the uneven yoke on page 11
fted the gless an inhaled the sticky residue o port. on page 47

2 matches

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