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The word 'growls'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
growlsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.41411
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 2
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 growls in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
e Cat went on, "ee see a dowg growls when id's wild, an wags ids t on page 62

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
me" she growls. She didnae seem tae notice t
Peyin nae heed tae Jonsar she growls. "A pair o stockings wi knick
Nae damned smell here ata" he growls.
3 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
e?" asks the judge. Big Betsy growls."I got first prize wi this pl
1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
'Fuck you!' the suit growls. I lie doon oan the usual har on page 1

1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 82 - Biggin the Great Nor Road, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
ne men, the trauchled convick growls. on page 66

1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
‘’Yes?’’ she growls. While the other younger yin
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
" the Cat went oan, "so a dug growls when it's pit oot an wags its on page 64

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
e Cat gaed on, "ye see, a dug growls when it's angert, an wags its on page 44

1 matches

McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
ing yell. They seemed tae use growls to communicate n this made th
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Granny growls oan the other end o the phone on page 29

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
h Cat went oan, "ee say a dug growls when eet's vexed, an wags eet on page 63

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
Cat went on, "yae see, a doag growls whin it's angry, an wags its on page 64

1 matches

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