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The word 'drunken'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
drunkenOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.22317
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 4
MNB - Mid Northern B 131 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 2
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 27.1 5 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 2
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of drunken in Corpus

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Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Mad, like a drunken reel. on page 151

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ronnie squintit throwe a drunken fog it the wreck aat wis Chan on page 62

1 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Twa drunken chiels fan drink wis teen, on page 20

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ryin tae chaw him, the nesty, drunken, grissly breet that he wis. E
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
fin her neighbour wid hae his drunken mates inaboot. The steens wid
1 matches

Mid Northern B

@McGoo1888 tweeted
That's mah drunken self got pink Floyd oan...lat (2022) twitter link

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Makin punch on Seterdays fir drunken perties wi' Bobby on page 194

1 matches

Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
s askit, “Fit wis that auld drunken minker sayin tae ye?”
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
this paves thi weh fir drunken feet on page 62

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
t is it?' cam the cry fae his drunken buddies, keen tae ken whit th on page 85

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
ratefu’, in-bred, arrogant, drunken waster! We broke, tryin’ ta
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
s at me in recognition ay the drunken profundity an nods his heid. on page 8

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
BILLY THE KID!' he says in a drunken slur. on page 14

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
tles latticed wae a murmur ay drunken sniggers meets me when ah ope
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
er at us fae the midst ay the drunken troupe.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
s at me in recognition ay the drunken profundity an nods his heid.
1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
I had drunken the watter. I wis breathin ma on page 81

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Teeger that Cam for his Tea, (Floris Kelpies 2018 ISBN: 978-1782504665) Central, weans
ak her bath as the teeger had drunken aw the watter fae the tap. on page 20
eger had etten aw the food an drunken aw the drink in the hoose. on page 22

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
a bletherin, blusterin, drunken blellum, sae ye ur on page 81

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
ct totems fur a non-nation, a drunken rammie, a chunk o stane, a no on page 75

1 matches

General Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
e real world. I pity you in a drunken abusive fatherly manner.(2017)