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The word 'breaths'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
breathsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.81611
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.3 4 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 30.1 6 3
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of breaths in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
's me that's breathing, quick breaths, and I feel my heart thump an on page 85

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
icht." Dottie wis takkin deep breaths noo, like she wis tryin te sa on page 24

1 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
tae the living room, tak deep breaths and try tae calm doon. on page 31

1 matches

General Northern

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
es sae caul the first pucklie breaths actually hurt fan he drew the
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
airm. Ye manage tae tak deep breaths until the tears in yer een su
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ly sittin back and idling oor breaths awey in the hope hings might on page 92

1 matches

Hawkins, Rudi None Shall Rest Easy, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central - Stirling, prose
the spirit o Scotland. Wi ma breaths fadin awa, ma mind brings me
1 matches

MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
llow 'n' ah teuk loads o deep breaths. Hee haw wis thare. Mah hert
ds. Mah chest pounded 'n' mah breaths wur short 'n' wheezed. Someth
2 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
breaths. Yi feel safer as the familia on page 48

2 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
er. Boom boom boom boom. Deep breaths, Daisy, deep breaths. Ah star on page 6
in the corridor. Ah take deep breaths and walk as fast as ah can. on page 14

3 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
instantly, takin painful half breaths while tunin the bouzouki. Ion on page 3

1 matches

Ayrshire

Wallace, Lorna Tae A Selfie, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2014) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
An’ wae deep breaths we face oor fate,
1 matches

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