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The word 'mouth'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
mouthOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus13.94629
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
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 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.9 5 3
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 2
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh 37.2 6 2
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 42.7 4 1
LAL - General Central 14.4 11 9
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) 2369.7 1 1
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 85.3 3 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of mouth in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
ick stands awkwardly best the mouth of the geo, hirpled over. htt(2020)

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
n earth did this get into her mouth?" He held oot his haand, an d on page 53

1 matches

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
ood. da whole right side o my mouth is numb and its spread up to (2019) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
way the rubbish from a cave's mouth. . . In the third chamber was
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
rd that proceedeth out of the mouth of God...' on page 30

1 matches

General Northern

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
.. ideally straight into your mouth!) ?? Scottish Twitter is very(2020)

(South) East Central

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
he rest that were reading. Ma mouth was dry. Ma hands were sweati on page 7

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ane ready wi a bit lee in her mouth, an aw to cloak the waefu cor
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
e took the words right out ma mouth psml (2020) twitter link
ever look a gift horse in the mouth - o happy days lol (2020) twitter link
the born wae a spoon in there mouth learned to adapt! (2021) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Linsey jist sat their wi her mouth hingin open an her cheeks bur on page 169

2 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
tly put her hawn e'er Livvy's mouth, no tryin tae alarm the club'
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
etives that wis comin oot his mouth. Ilka meenit's delay wis cost on page 48
crack o doom fae the cratur's mouth, 'A am the ghost o the gravey on page 66
crack o doom fae the cratur's mouth, 'A am the ghost o the gravey on page 70

3 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
t an’ buy anithir hoose!” Mouth open in surprise, she exclaim
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
spin the most, Simon’s hot mouth sucking all ower ma neck.
in ma shoulder, feelin’ him mouth at ma neck.
eaning forward an wrapping ma mouth around him. Is no the first t
e’s awready throbbing in ma mouth, ah can tell he’s close jis
ome in under two minutes o ma mouth on him. —If ye ever need an
5 matches

Glasgow

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
e thought of the stuff in his mouth. Ma belly wisnae rumbling any on page 38

1 matches

McCrory, Pat Lallans 57 - Jimsie’s Maw’s Soup, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
"Put yer soup whaur yer mouth is if yer gauny." on page 29

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ms, tuik the hookah oot o its mouth again, an said, "Sae ye think on page 44

4 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Ma mouth scrieves thae cheques that ma on page 13

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
s like the craik of a craw; I mouth the words of the hymns in cha on page 3

2 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
mouth o watter, baird o airth. on page 81

1 matches

Philip, George Lallans 56 - Scotsoun Thereanent, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ar Forteviot - at Inver (the mouth o the) May. I'll no forget th on page 46

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
thare face, thare ene, thare mouth, thare neyse, thare tounge, t
1 matches

White, George But the heart is gallus, (Facebook 2024) Central, prose
a mouth that’s faur too big, a wee
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
rows and the soft flesh of ma mouth and the delicate skin of ma e
1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ohnie Wilson watched frae the mouth o the Star Inn Close as his c
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
um and bitter cherries in the mouth, with a long finish. Love Neb(2020)

@weenell3 tweeted
Lot's of beeps coming fae my mouth reading this... ?? (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
the ticket on ma phone, and A mouth ‘Sah-Rah-Yay-Vo?’ et him
1 matches

South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)

BardOfMilebush To A Merican Food, (Reddit 2017) Ulster, poetry
PBJs All turn to gravel in my mouth Whilst causing tooth decay
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Cromie, Willie Doon tha Wal Raa, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1739905620) Ulster - Ballywalter, prose
becomes Eddam’s epple Fur a mouth ye hae a mooth An your jaws i
1 matches

General Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
toul them to put a feg in my mouth(2016)
oes this mean I can't run mae mouth aff at any random Feenyin? Sn(2018)
@5intheface @LADFLEG Wash yer mouth out and scrub your hands afte(2017)