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The word 'shrieks'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
shrieksOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.796
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 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 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 shrieks 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
. Iss time air were two peedy shrieks, an more sounds o broken gles on page 36

1 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
'Hey!' he shrieks. on page 34

1 matches

General Northern

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
She covers her moo as she shrieks wi laughter.
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
his time there wis two totety shrieks, an mair soonds ae broken gle on page 38

1 matches

General Central

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
The air filled wi his shrieks an howls! on page 26
Puils o bluid, his deith-shrieks awfa, on page 35

2 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
n sich a Pairris muddle. (She shrieks again)
n sich a Pairris muddle! (She shrieks again)
2 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
This time there were twae wee shrieks, an mair soonds o broken gies on page 37

1 matches

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