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The word 'hookah'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
hookahOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.2306
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 29.1 5 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 175.8 5 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 22.8 5 1
AYR - Ayrshire 65.5 5 1
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 62.4 5 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 156.9 5 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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of hookah in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
airms faaldit, smokkin a lang hookah on page 42
a lent da Caterpillar took da hookah oot o his mooth, an spak in a on page 44
oonfaaldit his airms, took da hookah oot o his mooth ageen, an sai on page 46
da Caterpillar, an he pat da hookah back intae his mooth an start on page 51

5 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
wlded, quietly smockan a long hookah, an takan no e smallest notic on page 40
at last e Caterpillar took e hookah oot o ids mooth, an spoke til on page 41
id unfolded ids arms, took e hookah oot o ids mooth again, an sad on page 43
de e Caterpillar; an id pit e hookah intill ids mooth an began smo on page 48

5 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
uietly smoking away at a long hookah, an peyin no the slightest bi on page 42
then the Caterpillar took the hookah oot ae its mooth, an spoke ta on page 43
t unfoldit its erms, took the hookah oot its mooth again, an said, on page 45
he Caterpillar; an it pit the hookah intae its mooth an stairtit s on page 50

5 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
quately puffin awa at a lang hookah-pipe, an takin no a blin bit on page 41
hen the Hairy-Maggie tuik the hookah oot o its mou, an spake tae h on page 42
unfauldit its airms, tuik the hookah oot o its mouth again, an sai on page 44

5 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
folded, quietly smokin a lang hookah, an takin no th slightest not on page 41
t last th Caterpillar took th hookah oot o eets mooth, an addresse on page 42
unfolded eets airms, took th hookah oot o eets mooth agin, an sai on page 44
th Caterpillar; an eet put th hookah intae eets mooth an sterted s on page 49

5 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ouldet, quately reekin a lang hookah, an pyin nae heed tae hir or on page 42
nally the Caterpillar tuk the hookah oot o its mooth, an spoke tae on page 43
ould oot o its airms, tuk the hookah oot o its mooth agane, an sai on page 45
e Caterpillar; an it putt the hookah intae its mooth an stairtet s on page 50

5 matches

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