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The word 'furniture'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
furnitureOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.93523
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 23.7 2 2
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 3
WCE - West Central 50.6 11 5
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 2
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 16.3 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 4
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of furniture in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
her jaicket an plastic picnic furniture on page 5

1 matches

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
sair lug. Aa ah said fin the furniture delivery min wis explaining a(2019)

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
in comparison wi the giant's furniture! The 'Leprechaun Museum' abso on page 7

1 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
tak a' the big stuff beds an' furniture galore
1 matches

General Northern

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
flags an borders, Ikea furniture on page 34

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
s suprised at the price o the furniture, it seemed tae be sellin
larry. Yon helper hid bits o furniture stickin
2 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
921 Bentley, several pieces o furniture, half o a telephone box an a
1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
t, pit in a windae, carpet an furniture they begged aff folk chuckin on page 1

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
in, run inside, grab a bit o furniture, oot the door, breathe oot an on page 23
e in temperature or somethin. Furniture moves like that, so it dis. T on page 61

2 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
oose. Kitted oot in aw modern furniture. And the church bells must be
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
achers bide like this, wi nae furniture and nae kitchen stove and nae on page 187
wis naebody there, but aw the furniture wis in its place. Mr Trilby g on page 221

3 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
levverin aw ower itsel an the furniture. Karen said tae ma da, How da on page 169

2 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 81 - Annie and the New Chairs, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
die iver spennan money on new furniture ?’
ou pair want ti vandalize the furniture.’
it disnae involve alteran ma furniture.’
‘Naw, naw yer furniture’s safe. Aa we hae ti dae is
4 matches

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
the crood, staps deid at the furniture shop, presses her haund-cuppe
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
The night ma furniture wis re-arranged
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
shi feels like part o thi furniture. on page 84

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
fice wis turnt ower; books an furniture, uniforms, lanterns an ither on page 127

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
es and compliments the modern furniture straight fae an IKEA showroom
1 matches

Glasgow

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
carefully organised – neat furniture, smart towels, everythin orde
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
rotrudin through like covered furniture, upsetting the clear, crisp l
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ght. You might be part of the furniture, but I can’t let you take t
1 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
pynt his road wis hinnert wi furniture-shifters, ex-sodjers, cairryi on page 136

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
windae-sill, or mebbe a bit o furniture ben the touer room, and haudi on page 122
steppin tentily aroond bits o furniture and fleggit actors. In the pi on page 157

2 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
room. Beautiful picturs, fine furniture, bonnie floors in vases, a we

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
e carpet, drapes, an mahogany furniture, that there wis guid siller a
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
oul dresser, the onlie bit o furniture she had brocht frae nummer se on page 30

1 matches

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