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The word 'autumn'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
autumnOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus21.77236
ORK - Orkney 59.6 6 3
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 325.5 2 1
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 57.6 13 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 18 7 4
WCE - West Central 22.2 5 5
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 35.2 7 3
AYR - Ayrshire 53.4 5 2
LAL - General Central 17.1 13 8
SEA - South East (Borders) 24.2 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 58.1 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 56.9 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of autumn in Corpus

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Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
a renga in autumn on page 93

1 matches

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2021) Orkney
æm is the Norwegian wurd fur autumn - "haust/høst". I kinda dis
e back end wis synonymous wae autumn. In Norwegian "haust/høst" m
Norwegian "haust/høst" means autumn, bit literally hid means "gat
bst". So ær we spaekan aboot autumn when we say "herst", or ær w

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2021) Orkney
orkshire words ‘backend’ (autumn) and ‘backendish’ (autumn

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
waddered end-o-saison sichts. Autumn, on page 39

1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
hetland this year, spring and autumn, but it could just be I've be(2020)
Autumn colours on a peerier scale ht(2020)

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ethin ava bit their ain laich Autumn sough.
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
AUTUMN 2046
1 matches

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
The lassie deed in autumn.
tho autumn’s ruggit near ilka leaf
2 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - An Eggs-traordinar Egg, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Simmer seen passed intae autumn and the bonnie swaans gid awa on page 24

1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
ndfather Dunoottar Churchyard Autumn 1793 on page 34

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
tin aboot like leaves ipon an autumn tree on page 194

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 73 - David, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, poetry
Autumn's wyled him frae the lave on page 13

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Ere's a autumn feel in o the air,
Gran Autumn day fae mornin tae nicht,
Oh na, neen like Autumn I div say,
Richt cauld Autumn feel, wull it last?
Autumn is here fowk can easy see,
8 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Ere's a Autumn feel aboot the air,
Licht shoor o rain Autumn time I feel.
2 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Through twigs and mony an autumn's leaves, The slime o a deid on page 15
It was late autumn, and yet the roses on page 30

2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
In autumn, as it sank tae rest,
Till lost in autumn mists
We'll sune hae autumn's wind an rain,
3 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
d be weel looked efter in his Autumn years which salved oor collec
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
open the bridge spring/summer/autumn then shut it in the winter lo (2020) twitter link

West Central

Dalgetty, Moira Lallans 104 - The Best Laid Schemes..., (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
In autumn we aye go tae a magic wee bee on page 102

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
hem. It wis wan o thae gowden autumn efternoons and there were bra on page 175

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
In Autumn the dipping, an peats tae sta on page 16

1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
Those hills are bare now, and autumn leaves lie thick and still, o
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
a’ this week An’ that’s Autumn chappin et the gate.
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
s wuid stairt tae fret as the autumn on page 32

1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 76 - The Gied Ower Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
Winter aye smirks tae Autumn: Walcome. Walcome,
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
wis a bonnie success. By the autumn maist ivery craitur on the fe
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
Ah sail, in sleep, doon throu autumn rain. on page 15
Sleeplin oan a Night o Autumn Rain on page 24
The river's sooth, the autumn ends, the gress an trees are on page 34

4 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Aw thae Autumn Collections fou o charms, on page 88

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah’d thought it’d be like autumn at hame: bright, but wi a nip
the scenery flee by. Woods in autumn colours, small-holdins, wee v
2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ppins. As simmer gied wey tae autumn, she noticed a chynge in hers on page 55
in the middle o the flair. In autumn, winter, an early spring, whe on page 56
That fine autumn Jennet tended her bairns an h on page 73

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
In Autumn the dippin, an peats tae stac
1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 76 - The Sycamore at Calton, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
throu wi aa the ochre tints o Autumn,
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Autumn spreids gowd weengs an on page 8

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
n any blue you see in summer: autumn blue against a tree gowden wi on page 3

6 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
Noo, yin autumn mornin when the wund had blaw on page 119

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
ae dreichness brount Afore ma autumn cam in timeous wise: on page 42

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Intil thon autumn licht was blent on page 97

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
composeetions ir douce. Fae 'Autumn Journey': on page 91

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
tree nou deckit oot in their autumn claes o orange, crimson, gowd
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
iom and vocabulary (e.g. fall/autumn, vacation/holiday, line/queue
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Nae autumn frost could spoil on page 8

2 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
T'wus Autumn day thut A struck oot on page 46

1 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Then it's Autumn time an Dollaghan an Salmon s on page 47

2 matches

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