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The word 'storms'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
stormsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.42416
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
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 22.8 5 2
AYR - Ayrshire 39.3 3 2
LAL - General Central 9.3 7 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 storms in Corpus

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Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
wae'll waether wir storms taegither on page 119

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Weathereen storms aye gaan by on page 118

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
a her ain wyte. Fin the first storms blew in ower the Hill o Leddr
id deed in last year's Winter storms o pneumonia. Minnie chittered
2 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
lieved tae signal approaching storms. Fae: Scots Thesaurus, @Scots (2021) twitter link

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
e extreme effects. Electrical storms mak clocks stop an run back t on page 118

1 matches

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
o storms o hail, or sleet, or rain.
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
That wid weather the coming storms o life, on page 17

1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
e maw says, 'Ah will.' An she storms on page 20

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
And the storms jyned haunds like auncient ta on page 49
let's pretend continents and storms, or hairsts on page 76
n ye like hail stanes in wild storms on page 128
It's aw the same, and thunner-storms canna touch ye nae mair and m on page 129

4 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
hills for week efter week by storms an muckle snaw-wraiths, Isabe on page 43
e Ayr solid; an fierce bitter storms that sent snaw-wraiths sclimm on page 56

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
That wid wather the comin storms o life.
1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
r John's bieldin noo frae the storms ower Scotland, the yins Tamma on page 9

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
ot Hums or Trees or String or Storms-in-the-Nicht, Wee Grumphie's on page 138

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
sang sailin sangs that spak o storms an ill wins, thochts o hame a on page 62

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
thay fash ane anither an mak storms an heich, reevin winds. While
at kythes on an aff is antrin storms wi strang winds blawin up. Fo
ht that thir plouks is birlin storms that steers up for a puckle y
3 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
and Firth which is famous fur storms. It got that bad Paterson tae

South West (Galloway)

Briggs, Susi Diva, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central - Dumfries and Galloway, poetry
An we walk awa fae storms that ither fowk summon!
1 matches

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