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The word 'drifts'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
driftsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.22012
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 3
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 19.6 6 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
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
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 drifts in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
n fer lowes, fer shifts i'the drifts o rouk; Olaf the sightsman's on page 23
Sheu drifts whan Gunnie reevles aboot Ast on page 96

2 matches

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
pumped up wae gret black drifts on page 9

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Ootboard idles, the bot drifts on page 149

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Aroond da ness, blue squill drifts tick on page 34

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Ye nivver saw drifts o siccan a heicht on page 15

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Doric Gruffalo's Bairn, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1785300691) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
The snaa drapt taist, an snaa drifts biggit. on page 10
he snaa drapt taist, the snaa drifts biggit. on page 14

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
t cud fecht its wye throw the drifts an makk the skyty journey ech
s. As they trotted atween the drifts o icy snaa, a craa on a gean
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
. Aathing aawye wis happit wi drifts o snaa. It drappit thick an s
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Bides like that as the day drifts bye
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Smeek lazily drifts abuin Moniave, on page 15

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
'Mid sna' drifts an' ice.
1 matches

Glasgow

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
e distract masel, and ma mind drifts back tae that bloody day.
1 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Smeek lazily drifts abuin Moniave,
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ter days, ah hink, as ma mind drifts back tae a happier, hopeful t on page 74

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Lang drifts o litter, spartit shards, on page 70

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Where snaw drifts deep they lie on page 50

2 matches

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