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The word 'crowds'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
crowdsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.72912
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 21.9 9 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 63.7 6 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 20.5 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 58.1 1 1
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 crowds in Corpus

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General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
irm games? Even under Fergie, crowds on par we fit we are getting. (2022) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
nFC players tae help get them crowds back sooner. @CormackDavie ne(2020)

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
overpaid fitbaw players n nae crowds - aye it says it awe - scen (2020) twitter link
n - ironic thing is that big crowds would (2021) twitter link
exactly - the clubs deserve crowds defo - was at a couple of yo (2020) twitter link
me clubs were allowed limited crowds in at least for all there eff (2020) twitter link
st me - fitbaw in the raw - crowds crammed into grounds/ pitch i (2020) twitter link
and 4 other occurrences.

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
But bayin crowds o young rednecks, Scream in h on page 32

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
As the crowds forgaitherit, there were moni on page 103

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
it took a whilie afore aw the crowds broke up. It wis wi a sense o on page 28
The crowds began tae file awa fae the sa on page 90
e o a five pund note thru the crowds at five meenits tae closin on on page 101
thers began tae push back the crowds that were still staunin aroun on page 126
ot the windaes at the hostile crowds when they saw somethin comin on page 127

5 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ae general attention when the crowds at Hampden durin’ the auld
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
Neither ay us ur much fir crowds. We patch the Instruments in on page 3

2 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ce. We bounce aboot wae other crowds, as ye dae but it always ends
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
In amongst these crowds ur yer trendies. Upwardly mob
1 matches

General Central

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
lso a great preacher] an drew crowds o ower a thoosand on several

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
air meetins he’d speak tae crowds o mair than a thoosand.

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
, duckin and divin and dodgin crowds ae tourists jist in aff the b
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
anished awae back through the crowds taewards the shops.
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Apon return tha crowds ale cheerin, on page 45

1 matches

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