A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'flow'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
flowOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus13.84529
ORK - Orkney 49.7 5 3
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 4
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh 87.6 14 4
GLA - Glasgow 27.3 6 4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 5
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)
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of flow in Corpus

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Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gallows Ha - The Weather Dance, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
I heard the ebb and flow o idle chatter, on page 28

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
And tankers wait in Scapa Flow tae ship awey crude oil. on page 37
oyal Oak lies, grey, on Scapa Flow. on page 48

2 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The low yellow light ower the Flow on page 112

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
I heard the ebb and flow o idle chatter on page 154

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
Scapa Flow is skyippin daday. We tuck in on page 27

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
"Flow do ee lek e Queen?" sade e Ca on page 81

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
d on the approaches tae Scapa Flow fin H.M. Drifter Ben Struan t
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
el kent names, an brak up the flow a bittie wi twa three wurds f on page 54

1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
And the bree sterts ti flow, on page 17

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
wad flow serenely on fur iver.
1 matches

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
that gie ye hert, wirds that flow frae yer core when ye're ower
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
's fingers gart the bluid tae flow back intae his wabbit muscles
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
It ah started aff fae thi flow on page 23
cheenged meh accent, it didna flow on page 56
Full Flow on page 109

3 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
When he shiftit aff his flow o cloak, on page 112

1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
The Flow'r o' Glenshee was my first po
The Flow'r o' Glenshee
Ye've seen aw' the flow'rs,
But there is a'e flow'r,
The Flow'r o' Glenshee!"
10 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
urprised hissel be his sudden flow o eloquence. Bit it had dried
didna interrup Derriakin’s flow.
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
r Scale. The seeminly endless flow ae shite that poured oot ma e
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
cheerfully he seems tae grin, Flow neatly spread his claws, on page 19
"Flow d'ye know ah'm aff ma heid?" on page 64

2 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ns pipe oot. The constant wee flow, peaceful as it is, is testam on page 3

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
uted. Worryins ay inferiority flow fae the back ay ma heid an st on page 3

2 matches

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
our mill wul swing intae full flow. The keyboard warriors wul gi
1 matches

General Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
930s tended tae rin intil the flow o aften couthy an slight dram on page 37

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
sneds the ile-flow tae the engine on page 10

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ythed at Rossyth, while Scapa Flow becam the anchorage for the B on page 110

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
e tartan sae fine’; ‘Down flow'd her robe, a tartan sheen’
1 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
@DrMDempster Reported a Lat Flow test the day tae the Covid li (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

The Westender Loupin Salmon, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
h es they soom up against the flow.
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
ile doon the crumlin wa's the flow-moss dreeps, on page 27

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
s. Great channel when in full flow. Here's a poem from a new boo(2020)

General Ulster

Stewart, Kenny The Wee Broon Hen, (no publisher recorded 2022) Ulster, poetry
e tae come the eggs began tae flow
1 matches

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