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The word 'stormy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
stormyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.91917
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 2
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
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 stormy in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
gle peedie burd survived that stormy trip. on page 14
Stormy seas mean cancelled saileens on page 75

2 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A suden glett through a stormy sky on page 112

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
ntities): bitternis 'cold and stormy weather' (bitter + - nis) on page 42

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
rd. Hee spint monnie a coorse stormy nicht aboord Rattra Licht, an on page 7

1 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Cabrach Days, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
There's been stormy nichts in the Cabrach,
There'll be stormy nichts again,
2 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
o May is a Scots phrase for a stormy, cold spell at the beginning (2020) twitter link

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Stormy Sooth win gang aboot twa faul
1 matches

(South) East Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
Listen ye, tho' it's kinna stormy the nicht, there's a richt ge on page 11

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
luik a whilie at the vizzy o stormy watters an far-aff horizon, a
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
inta murky, dark, dreich, stormy nichts, on page 4

1 matches

Glasgow

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
“Our passage was very stormy the first two weeks, but it b
1 matches

General Central

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
The stormy ocean's gowls - on page 50

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
his een like the stormy January day on page 107

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
pynt tae the Sun it steers up stormy rid stour that can smoor hail
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2022) Central
ye can see the day wis a tad stormy wi wild wind an rain ivvery n

South West (Galloway)

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
tae sit oot stormy weather. on page 158

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
. He wrocht the steel for the stormy seas!(2020)

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