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The word 'stout'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
stoutOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62113
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 25.1 4 3
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 65.5 5 1
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 3
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of stout in Corpus

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Orkney

Tait, Ruth Gallows Ha - Watchan Eyes, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
but wan o them wi siccan a stout hert, siccan grim determinati on page 10

1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ye want tae drink yer mirkie stout an get a lairnin experience a on page 8

1 matches

General Northern

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
shot fae, the loon watched a stout shadow ging fleein aff tae ma
1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
trategy an trainin an tae the stout herts o the sodgers theirsels
1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
wes in a nyow warl o fowk wi stout herts an strang baks at
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
tied tae hunners o fathoms o stout rope an aince the whale tried on page 40

1 matches

Edinburgh

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
The wee stout fowk I dout ye maun admire th on page 98

1 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
this fella wiz proper short n stout, likes mibbe five fit yin –
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
™ve dug the grave an’ hae a stout ciste fir ye as befits yer ra
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
“Be o’ stout he’rt an’ fu’ o’ fait
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
r, the* nummert seiven hunner stout an resolute men, ettlin tae m on page 26
had gotten himsel in tow wi a stout band o airmed men set tae gai on page 34
ron an aicht o his followers. Stout Dauvit Hackston, hero o Drumc on page 40
smairket, an the third, their stout leader David Hackston o Rathi on page 54
woollen stockins, an a pair o stout broun shune. A Kilmarnock bun on page 68

5 matches

General Central

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
ome wes still common, like "a stout hert for a stey brae" but e.g on page 7

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
"Stout Captain Hay, the skipper baal on page 50

2 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
A stout, rid-faced man steppt forrit
The stout flesher straikt his chin in t
2 matches

General Ulster

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
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