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The word 'glossy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
glossyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.31412
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
ABN - Aberdeen 21.9 2 2
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of glossy in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
s repeatedly noo tae a page o glossy on page 26

1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Glossy ibis and iccy wobbler on my g(2014)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ettee flickin throwe a pile o glossy holiday brochires. "Jist tak on page 38
She sighed es she pickit up a glossy magazine fae the coffee table on page 81

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
her stuff." Joyce studied the glossy leaflet. '"Ere's a sauna, fac on page 11

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ms fa'd seen the photies in a glossy magazine. Naethin dauntit, he
1 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
intae glossy hydrocarbons on page 21

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
et new Esso petrol-tanker, wi glossy blaik tyres an a driver ahin
1 matches

General Northern

@cligeey tweeted
nefish100 @pselbs Good it wis glossy(2020)

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
er-Scotch's 'Heich Ploy' - a glossy PR screed then fowk cry it do
1 matches

West Central

Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
In contrast, the glossy National Cultural Strategy Re
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
at is it then?" Cracks in 'er glossy patience can be detected. on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
an white racin oer the sharp, glossy sheen ay the leather as the t
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
elegraph lines, thair mantles glossy white, thair feathers sleek a on page 59

1 matches

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