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The word 'snorl'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
snorlOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.6215
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 20 15 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 snorl in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
gan" "Charlie'll nae get in a snorl on page 15

1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
an preein kink efter kink an snorl efter snorl, but aye comin ba on page 24
ilie lowsit the brush fae the snorl, an vrocht the best she cwid on page 65

3 matches

@cligeey tweeted
lons a carpark jist noo fit a snorl(2020)

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
us quaistenin. An sae an unco snorl is presentit til’s. What ha
1 matches

General Central

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - The Pynes o Luve, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
My radgie hert's sae snorl't roun an roun on page 44

1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
e ken oor customs. Ma name is Snorl.’
ntae the Guddle Glen,’ said Snorl. ‘Owerby is oor capital, Mu
e maps an road-signs,’ said Snorl, ‘but they didna help an ji
r they stertit a wheen times, Snorl fankelt ane o his shae-laces
ns, Mixter an Maxter,’ said Snorl.
14 matches

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