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The word 'doorway'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
doorwayOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.31713
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B 131 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central 23 5 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 doorway in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I stood there in the doorway and tottered on death's brink on page 40

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ale beer drifting oot troo da doorway. on page 57

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
a even get her heid through e doorway; "an even if ma heid wid go t on page 11

1 matches

Mid Northern B

Crawford, Jack The Pluffer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
kit up an saw ma freen in the doorway wi the teacher richt ahin him
1 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
olk ootside an barricaded the doorway. Naebody would dare pass her, on page 36
Joey wis standin in his doorway. "Hye, Hughie. C'mere!" "Hiya on page 45

2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
Whan he seen the laddie i the doorway, the janny glumshed, on page 95

1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Mr Wormwidd said, blockin the doorway. 'Weel, she's yer responsibil on page 86
doon low tae get through the doorway. Matilda gaed efter her and f on page 180
owed her, but jist inside the doorway o the so-cried livin-room she on page 183

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
d through this auld abandoned doorway; on page 21

1 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
ve safety o’ the doonstairs doorway an’ listened tae her gie’
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ry o the man. She blockit the doorway. “Whit dae ye wint?” she
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ide n a rustlin comin fae the doorway. 'Shhh! Fuckin shut it!' A sa on page 33

1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ck an grey granite. Above the doorway is the sign Portland Arms in
1 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
d through this auld abandoned doorway:
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
Coont Olaf wis staunin in the doorway, watchin Violet and Klaus as on page 102

1 matches

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