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shower Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.4 14.6 22.4 39.7 0 20.7 0
Number of occurrences5029 15 4 0 2 0
Number of authors36 21 10 3 2

Occurrences of shower in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
breakfast, we take turns tae shower an go back tae bed, the alarm on page 3

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
yelled, "You, cunts make that shower ae shite Trump look like a fu on page 32
"That shower ae useless shite" he wid ofte on page 95
d and heid straight intae the shower. Ah scrub ma boady wae hoat w on page 147

3 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
t. 'How am ah gaun tae get ma shower?' he demanded. on page 29

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
A Shower O Thought on page 114

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
hool an got stripped an had a shower, an then ah sat wi ma hoose c on page 35
so ah went fur an extra-long shower an bawled ma eyes oot an when on page 169

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Weel, I dived intae the shower an went through twa bars o la on page 26

1 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 59 - Christian Henry Divertimento, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Anither wattery skailin shower on page 10

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
bolt oot the bed, hae a quick shower and dae a runner (but no afor
1 matches

Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
road. Ah hid jist goat oot th shower an ah decidit tae pit nail po
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ae some breakfast an ah get a shower an get ma gear oan. Ah’m ju
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
no chance ah’m phoning that shower ay bloody arseholes. They jus
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Scots. It was composed in the shower at Dalnoid, durin' a ski-week
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
s later, Ailsa woke up in the shower, watter batterin doon oan her
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Guid Fences Mak Guid Neibours, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
pin yer een on this slidderie shower:
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@DaveHallCoLtd Let yi aff. Shower, then I’m on it ??(2020) search twitter

@g_hibby tweeted
aiket's now hingin' up on the shower door... That's me in for the (2022) twitter link

@MartinBroon tweeted
ooz ur it the day, cause that shower of shite @BBCSportScot huv go(2019) search twitter
did! Live oan fuckin TV!! Ya shower of Dic’s!! https://t.co/5nmd(2019) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
ially responsible(!) Absolute shower o shites! ??(2020) search twitter
pit as a bigot. Whit a fuckin shower! https://t.co/WJOB74vgoS(2020) search twitter
@mrnickharvey Shower o cunts. ??(2020) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
bin slebs wil be so quick tae shower is wae fakery this time roon.(2020) search twitter

@rattlecans tweeted
need tae scrub yersel in the shower fur hoors efter any a that lo (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
ome recipes tae show how this shower o' shite could be eked oot fo(2021) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@Brian_Pacey ad hud a shower n a shave tae n hud ma wallyf (2020) twitter link

Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
utely stink min. Awa an get a shower." on page 73

1 matches

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
Did I nae shower you in gifts, on page 10

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ill doot, for e next meenad a shower o peedy pebbles came rattlan on page 37
irons came first; then came a shower o saucepans, plates, an dishe on page 57

2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
– sleep well? Who wants to shower first?
1 matches

Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
nd we hid tae head hame for a shower afore bed time cus we hid sch
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Sna an sleet shower in the bloo toon - aats the (2020) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@73Bain Forgot aboot the shower. I'm loupin(2020) search twitter
@MrJohnMellis I'd scrap the shower. Just head hame. Quick(2020) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
Fa didna seal the shower richt https://t.co/iWXWU72dqb(2020) search twitter

@daleser23 tweeted
@1990_Scotty im awa for a shower min. Wash the smell of failur(2013) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
@LouiseNicol1 jist oot shower. Will I pit kettle on?(2012) search twitter
might feel mare alert efter a shower x(2011) search twitter
soooooo gettin chucked in the shower!(2011) search twitter
ed tae get motivated n hit th shower(2012) search twitter

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gallows Ha - The Weather Dance, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
nder, lightning, sunshine and shower, on page 29

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
nder, lightning, sunshine and shower, I haad thim aal within me po on page 155

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
in the dark, shower is wae light... on page 93

1 matches

Leonard, Ingrid Northwords Now 43 - Ingrid Leonard, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Orkney, poetry
student fat tae anither. I'd shower on page 18

1 matches

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
An early shower waashes the stour aff aa the on page 208

1 matches

@jamie_ginger tweeted
Asked the wife to get is some shower gel and she appears wi an XL (2018) search twitter

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