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The word 'screw'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
screwOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.82523
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 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 27.1 5 5
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
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)
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 screw in Corpus

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Shetland

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
d neatly ta fit tighter dan a screw. He carved me name inta da ha
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
tually snuff it, wi'll hae te screw ye inte the grun." on page 36

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
ik a weet waashin, cause they screw up their phisogs tae lat aabo on page 14

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
hed im clim in ower is van an screw doon the winda. on page 27

1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
heid lik he wis screwin in a screw, an turnt awa. on page 43

1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Fa'll screw ye in i'groond on page 117

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
low. (Hope ey dinna think tae screw up your face
1 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
I can see ma lecturer screw her nib fan I hoist ma haun a
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@cligeey tweeted
rewid boxes a wid think ats a screw turbine on right(2020)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ed the yacht. I shout tae the screw. on page 1

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
irnie wha baith tells us tae "screw your courage to the sticking
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
the pm - somebody defo has a screw loose - o happy happy days ! (2020) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
As Bonnier Group turns the screw, The AM's sweitin! on page 46

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Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
screw it on page 37

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Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"Screw the boabbin, eh," said the Ca on page 45

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
be behaving like that, c'mon. Screw the nut,' the bouncer says ta on page 8

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
d aff n take a long swig then screw it on tight n light a snout. on page 42

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Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
go iz dinger? Is he missin a screw?" on page 4

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Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Screw.
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Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Mouse Eat Mouse World, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
screw-tap-dancin in my heid
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General Central

Fitt, Matthew Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Screw the nut, wull ye? on page 8

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
n a bit timmer or pittin in a screw an shog their heids an say, on page 65

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Facebook link ( 2019) Central
haud o the airm and literally screw it oot .... and aw withoot on
rm ... Weel the surgeon hus a screw lik device that he winds in t

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Oh how tae join or even screw on page 28

1 matches

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