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The word 'drizzle'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
drizzleOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus41310
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 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 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 4
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of drizzle in Corpus

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Orkney

Grieve, Issy Gallows Ha - Birlan wae the wather, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
yir right and grip had o the drizzle and pelters, on page 32

1 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
y cooked breakfasts and lemon drizzle kek on page 73
yir right and grip had o the drizzle and pelters on page 153

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
an Jinny hid the Duck with a drizzle of plum sauce served on a bed on page 36

1 matches

General Northern

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ns, as the rain continued tae drizzle doon. The pair walked side by on page 75

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Drizzle in the mornin noo an again,
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Fule weet drizzle the hale day lang,
1 matches

(South) East Central

Le Marie, Nicole nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Last Day At East Wemyss, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, poetry
drizzle fading tae greying waves, a t on page 87

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 57 - Twa Auld Men, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
sleeked back wi Brylcreem and drizzle, cairries a black bible, croo on page 136

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
ories written bi Blackhall is Drizzle the Cloud, Wee Burnie, The Lo
1 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
i yer guid claes on. Whan the drizzle went aff ye went tae wait oot
1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
A thin foredaw gruel o drizzle huffed on page 112

1 matches

General Central

@weenell3 tweeted
@g_hibby Tried tae drizzle here pal ... aff noo ?? (2022) twitter link