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The word 'window'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
windowOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus299336
ORK - Orkney 288.2 29 9
SHD - Shetland 156.9 27 8
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 281.3 8 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 97.3 7 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of window in Corpus

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Orkney

Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
Lukked oot the window at the gaethereen light on page 43

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Inside the washer's window were twa eyes, roond wi frigh on page 12
wid leer through the cottage window whar Jimmack sat, takkan his on page 16
Ah'm no cheust been window-shoppeen in Inverness this we on page 22
e wis aff through the kitchen window like a bullet fae a gun. on page 55
When, on their ben-end window, cam a most insistent tap. on page 56
Also on pages 74, 75, 82
8 matches

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
hid bites at the window frames - invisible, on page 3

2 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
The kil-crack caved, Tom's window sits. on page 20
through the skull-sized window, compete on page 25
the ootline an window aglow. on page 30

3 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The peedie window is fur no use on page 103

2 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ny pair o nut crackers in the window, Mrs Cook o the Ha sneaks aro on page 87

2 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Am draawn tae the window, on page 113

3 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
lukkan oot the window, on page 123
Roll doon the window an ask: on page 137

2 matches

Brown, Moyra Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Wishing, through the window, on late summer's nights. on page 29

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Lallans 67 - Fower Poems efter Rilke, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Orkney, poetry
d as though milandered bi the window on page 58

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
ttie-face flachteran past the window.
ways sat wae his back tae the window on the ninth floor. If he hae
f any buddy lukked oot o thur window noo, even beady-eyed Mrs Durs
Dursley’s dark sittan-room window. ‘I heard it. Flocks o catt
4 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ig peerie room wi a table ida window, an apon him (as shö wis bee on page 34
try, shö pat ee airm oot da window, an ee fit up da lum, an shö on page 35
A'll geng aroond an win in da window." on page 36
t, tell du me, whit's yon ida window?" on page 37
nixt? As for haalin me oot da window, I ony wiss dey could! I ken on page 38
Also on pages 40
8 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Ah'm just watchin dem oot wir window eenoo. It's a fine Sunday moa on page 10
oom, an keyed da door, bit da window wis oppen, just a peerie moot on page 29
dey salisted afore da blinded window. "Yae, daeth comes tae wis aa on page 35

3 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
or window left but, dere, ram-stam, on page 34
slidder doon trowe da window, mak aff ida nicht. on page 116

3 matches

De Luca, Christine Soondscapes, (Shetland For Wirds 2015) Shetland, poetry
ess drums fornenst a frenzied window.
1 matches

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
annie widden shed wi a muckle window. Inside wi fen spyglesses an
1 matches

Sinclair, James Murmansk, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Shetland, poetry
ck his heid oot da wheelhouse window, sayin
1 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
shö plaesed, pickin apö da window ta win inta Magnus an Freya's
pickit at Freya an Magnus's window as wis her wint. Magnus löt
2 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
, we towt we wid brighten wir window wi some support fir wir favou (2021) twitter link

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
year. Calm enough to leave da window open and hear starlings mimic(2016)
comes fae first lookin oot da window and discoverin snaw #100happy(2017)
rack. Watching maalies fae my window in Shetland, packing for Icel(2017)
Mom saw two humpbacks fae the window this morning! #shetland(2013)
Oot da kitchen window http://t.co/3dJ1RiZVzz(2015)

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
oot. Dis trays on wir landin window, dirs wan in wir box room and (2020) twitter link
wflake garland fur da kitchen window. Finally feenished it daday # (2019) twitter link

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
dy peedy room wi a table in e window, an on id (as she hed hoped) on page 32
rce, she pit wan airm oot o e window, an wan foot up e chimney, an on page 33
A'll go roond an get in at e window." on page 34
tell me, Pat, what's at in e window?" on page 35
ext! As for pullan me oot o e window, A only wish they could! A'm on page 36
Also on pages 37
8 matches

Mid Northern A

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
an the news they hid opened a window on a vanished world o fairmin on page 94

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ded. “Sit over there by the window to get the best light!” At
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2012) Doric - Buckie
ae move back and am currently window shopping the property market

@FaeFoggie tweeted
rdeentaxi1 Jist checked oot i window. Nihin happenin here.(2019)

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
twenty-third storey window on page 28

1 matches

General Northern

@cligeey tweeted
oot for a while remember the window sill carving though(2020)
stie lobbed the parcel in the window left a ticket on the bed.(2020)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
so as her indoors ayewis oot window shopping. So me & Bert fill o(2019)

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
, "Can't you do that with the window closed for goodness sake? on page 26

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
: I kin see the school fae ma window. SULIE: I'll take you up. Thi on page 1

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
eration came flyin through ma window unannounced. Then... it began on page 123

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
uditionin for a pairt in Rear Window, here. Every noo an then ah t
1 matches

Glasgow

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
n it, peeking oot her kitchen window and mixing something. She sho on page 38
believe it. A looked oot the window and saw an ambulance and men on page 40

2 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
to the huge floor-to-ceiling window. Sunshine beats in from a haz on page 14
window another forty emails will hav on page 18

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
hale at ma driveway, and the window opens wi a buzz. on page 34
en blind hangin above ma tiny window. Ah cannae even look at the s on page 83
a leg could go in a butcher's window. The doctor says the nurses w on page 86

3 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
and put into Get Away From My Window).(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Ina sits by the window, before the day begins, on page 18
Ina sits by the window, wi the shadows growin lang, on page 20

7 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
ick a hole in a stained glass window" as Raymond Chandler so eloqu on page 33

1 matches

General Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
have someone 'keek' through a window to see what's happening. Cach (2021) twitter link