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The word 'sweetness'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sweetnessOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.31715
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of sweetness in Corpus

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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
'sfoot trefoil in da air adds sweetness tae da usual thick odour o se(2018)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
d an beeriet er face in their sweetness. on page 25

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
n the blaeberries tae a sappy sweetness. Atap a heathery knowe, Minni
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
de her. It yoamed o warmth an sweetness, an gaed Suzy a
1 matches

General Northern

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
hat, the beauty of it and the sweetness of the Scottish land and skie
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
oot ae breath voice full ae a sweetness and rainbow drops comin fae b on page 51

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
y m8 - they think she is all sweetness n light - cos of the indepen (2020) twitter link

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
etin till there wis aamaist a sweetness in it, an she wis detached, n
etin till there wis aamaist a sweetness in it, an she wis detached, n
2 matches

General Central

Love, Rowena M. Lallans 82 - Simmer Strand, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Jeely sweetness warmed bi hope. on page 42

1 matches

Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
Like a fruit o sweetness and o mirk, she wis fu o her on page 55

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
sold yon wild, crushed sweetness o the blue Cairngorms on page 81

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
mise and brightness, a’ the sweetness and glaumrie o life we’re e
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
a latest aipple juice. Hairst sweetness on the palate then a guid wer(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
the sweetness o it, gien awaa ma flooers on page 8

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
him an walcomed its scorchin sweetness. on page 30

1 matches

General Ulster

Stewart, Kenny The Bread Van, (Facebook 2020) Ulster, poetry
that moist saft pastry an the sweetness touched ur lips
1 matches

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