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The word 'nostrils'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
nostrilsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.12016
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 3
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 22.8 5 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
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 nostrils in Corpus

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Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
assails the nostrils on page 56

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
s luckan some determined. His nostrils are flaran an ees fiddian ner on page 86

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
e hid's a maalie alright. Yin nostrils at flesh, so lang gone (2020) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
d, smeethin doon Tib's flarin nostrils. 'Ye'll get a feed o oats fin
red saftly, garrin her muckle nostrils shudder, an hung doon her hei
2 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
nd it wis pechin fire oot its nostrils. When it saw Hercules, the bu on page 31

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
circles fur een, twa dots fur nostrils an stops. It's Tom that hauds on page 1

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
and beards, Demons with fiery nostrils, on page 64

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 108, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
low, and clunk-clunky—their nostrils wide—their een fixed—thei
1 matches

West Central

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
€™ driet blood fillin Jim’s nostrils who wis almost seek efter one
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ant towart her. He flaret the nostrils o a muckle bulbous niz at her
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
its sulphurous tip fills oor nostrils an his face illuminates as he
e it, hot air burstin oot its nostrils like some upturned geysers sp
ay hot, steamy breath fae its nostrils it bounds doon fae its positi
3 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ly look ti the side n see hiz nostrils flappin’ as he mumbles, ‘
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ay the slebbery dug fills ma nostrils gien us the dry boak as we go
1 matches

General Central

Matheson, Ann Lallans 84 - Attrition, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
, saut sweet scaudin his een, nostrils stappit on page 8

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
dauncit roun Svaldifar, whase nostrils flairit an bod rousit haurd. on page 14

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ong it burns the insides o ma nostrils. on page 83

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
whase sweet smell kittled her nostrils as she wove, an the olives sh
1 matches

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