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The word 'razor'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
razorOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.31713
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
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
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 2
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)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of razor in Corpus

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Orkney

Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - Five Signs, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Tak yer evil hans and razor aff me. on page 15

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
I don't need a razor on page 107

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
e scrape frae his chooks wi a razor. The fattest rattens in Leddr
ke an opened trap, twa raws o razor sherp teeth that cud takk yer
2 matches

General Northern

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - The mornin o the waddin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
eels lik aa hae a golf ba wae razor blades stickin oot o it lodge on page 98

1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
heed and throat feels like a razor blades being at it! Aye the f(2016)

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
n and chawin at each ither wi razor-sherp beaks on the brainches on page 27

1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
s cam at Ian's heid. They wis razor sherp an weighed a ton. Gin t on page 26

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
probly skint hersel usin the razor. on page 94

1 matches

Edinburgh

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
rand. The cook putt a muckle, razor-shairp gullie intae his haun. on page 8
ith, he still has his muckle, razor-shairp gullie and he jist add on page 9

2 matches

Ayrshire

McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
he pie eater. Their teeth wur razor sharp, pointy like a spear. Y
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
han when ah picked up Daddy's razor as a wean, cuttin ma haun tae on page xix
uv it. Bettie's as sharp as a razor and a great pal. She's even g on page 46
'She's as sharp as a razor. Bettie's worked oot sommat's on page 80

3 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Ma wirds are like a razor ti her, on page 35

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Razor in hand wi a smile he meets m on page 101

1 matches

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