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The word 'glasses'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
glassesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.22314
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 23 5 4
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.4 10 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 2
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of glasses in Corpus

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Shetland

Laurenson, Hannah Lisa Da Maa's Eggs, (Hands Up For Trad 2019) Shetland, prose
reeked as he leaned back, his glasses faain doon his nose.
1 matches

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
the watterie bowl an then yer glasses fa doon the chuntie - jis me(2016)

General Northern

Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
there stood a mannie wi roon glasses and a green surgical tunic he
a nurse there wi horn rimmed glasses and a hairy mole at the side
2 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
n her pencil and took aff her glasses and sterted tae polish the le on page 68

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
wan wastin ma time pittin oot glasses a milk an cookies when it's j on page 41

1 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
s and mooths, and daurk black glasses ower their een. Only their ne
rves and took aff their daurk glasses tae reveal their faces. Smili
2 matches

Pennie, Len Toast Tae The Daft Days, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
We'll charge our glasses, toast the bells, sing auld l
1 matches

Glasgow

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
t door type. Blonde hair, wee glasses, big lips, and chebs that are
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
is a dumpin ground fur empty glasses. Paper plates o half-eaten fi on page 8
intae bubbles in each o their glasses, ah tap Cathy oan the shoulde on page 13
wrong. Fae above hur halfmoon glasses, hur beady eyes wur always lo on page 37
n ma shoulder. She wis wearin glasses and hud a spiral notebook in on page 56
on, and she's wearin a pair o glasses and comfy lookin tartan scarf on page 88

6 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
but his striker's needin glasses on page 3

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
The place is clear, the glasses aa awa, washed and wiped. The on page 72

1 matches

McNulty, Victoria Flit, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
Sip ye fae crystal glasses
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
sayin rosaries an pourin oot glasses of whisky for men in overcoat
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
His door keys and his glasses case on page 7

1 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
we were in NAAFI, drank three glasses o’ Wood’s Navy Rum (then 10(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
gaithered here tae heize wir glasses, on page 48

1 matches

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