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The word 'watches'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
watchesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.12922
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
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 35.6 3 2
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 20.5 8 6
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 16.3 3 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.7 3 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 watches in Corpus

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Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
He watches the moon on page 59

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Da Göd Man sees ta wis an watches ower wis. on page 37
ir twa a penny bit da Gdd Man watches ower each wan. He kens aa abo on page 95

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
I loly pop mannie watches Callum cross i roadie thinkin
1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
Kent for: Banks an watches on page 5

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
and I know He watches over me.
and I know He watches me.
2 matches

General Northern

Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
Yer dad says, “That quine watches ower much TV.”
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
sit through a yon rubbish she watches on TV so deserved ma beer toc(2018)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
s an taes. Great big een. She watches everythin whin she's no sleep on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
put in touch wae an expert ae watches who hud a jeweller's oan Prin on page 17
jist sits there patiently and watches. Then he'll shadow me as ah p on page 156

2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
He watches ower his table
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
onter, she uizes it. Syne she watches for the green numbers on the
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
18-ratit action movies ma da watches. Wan time last year ah goat u
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
18-ratit action movies ma da watches. Wan time last year ah goat u
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
6 aye lol dae u ken mrp still watches the crystal maze too - laddi (2021) twitter link

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
s waarm tenor, “Through the watches o the nicht, Ah hae sat by yo
1 matches

Glasgow

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Oor person ae interest watches fae nearby. Navy-blue parka j
Watches an worries as the drunk uses
2 matches

Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
on the lock and handle as he watches him heading down the path poi
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
They pawned their watches, selt their caur, on page 28

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
ir. There's a muckle dug that watches ower it. His een are as big a on page 30

1 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Banes, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
He watches me. on page 75

1 matches

@WhenDidADidny tweeted
storylines in programmes she watches before it happens on screen. (2018) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
oan. 46 per o sun glesses, 88 watches up there airm and their hair (2020)

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
she watches the star-licht fadin, an hear on page 18
Ina sits by the window, an watches the getherin nicht on page 20

2 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
ye can still be an exile wha watches the lies o the lan, the leid on page 9

1 matches

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