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The word 'slimy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
slimyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.6129
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 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) 58.1 1 1
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 slimy in Corpus

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General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
a queerlike slimy green, slithert ower wi waar on page 39

1 matches

(South) East Central

Calder, Bob Lallans 70 - Hame-combin, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
fluttery, slimy, slippery, evasive.
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ne said, Wibbit a big bunch a slimy seaweed. on page 112
ahd tell Lyndon tae sling his slimy hook. Pamela Sadler. She fanc on page 169

2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
t an in amang the coils o its slimy body were the dismemberit boa on page 79
y soon had it surroundit. The slimy monster spat an clawit at the on page 80
rkable courage in eatin these slimy wee craturs an when askit, sa on page 98

3 matches

Glasgow

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
looked so different - those slimy wee things that danced aboot on page 36

1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
nor twice ma fit skytit aff a slimy stane an A near gaed tapsalte on page 22

1 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - fower poems bi John Waddell, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Ye cauld an slimy gastropod, on page 62

1 matches

South East (Borders)

@officialAliRed tweeted
Slimy boi on the patio ?? https://t(2020)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
The cowl an slimy on page 46

1 matches

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