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The word 'poured'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pouredOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.72816
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 23 5 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 9.4 7 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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) 164.2 5 1
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of poured in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
futterats’ fuskers. He poured in pickled pairtricks nebs, a
haived in the orra cloots an poured
2 matches

Aberdeen

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
They were poured intae a scale pan
1 matches

General Northern

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
n ma empty pot in the bin. Ah poured masel a gless o waater and we on page 42

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ok at it, eh? the maire drink poured doon ma neck the maire chance on page 168

1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
she spoke, she raxed oot and poured hersel a gless o watter fae a on page 77
le blue cheeny watter-jug and poured some watter intae her gless. on page 154
Miss Honey poured the tea and pit a wee drap o on page 184
Miss Honey poured the tea intae baith mugs ang on page 190

4 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
start, she. mumbult, Anen she poured hersel a hefty Smirnoff. on page 169

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ly endless flow ae shite that poured oot ma erse didnae even feel
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
a taste buds. Jist as ah’ve poured massel another drink and knoa
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
For the neist hauf-hour John poured his hert oot tae the preacher on page 29

1 matches

General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
n Peter appeared an Jean-Paul poured them each a gless o wine. Tam on page 50

2 matches

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
an jostlin each ither as they poured intae the clessroom. on page 39

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
wad hear. Naebody did! Watter poured oot ma een makkin ma sicht bl on page 22

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Ah poured the last o ma sherry intae ma on page 62

1 matches

@rattlecans tweeted
efusing tae get bored while I poured masel intae all the collected (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
icht, thats me done it. Ah've poured petrol richt alang the border(2021)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
agin," said th Hatter, an hei poured a wee bit hot tea oan eets ne on page 69

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
poured intae a pair o skin ticht jea on page 30

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
oilcloth at hir feet. Maisie poured the watter ower the porridge, on page 3
sessed hir tverie move as she poured wairm watter intae a bowl, di on page 17
enless speeches an got up an poured hersel anither gless o port. on page 30
traiks alang the grun as she poured hir hairt oot tae the big waa on page 31
Sally poured the bed-claes intae the machi on page 54

5 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
nt upside doon, it's contents poured aintae the garage flure. on page 10

1 matches

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