Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'bathroom'

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Use in varieties of Scots

bathroom	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	13	43	29
ORK - Orkney	39.7	4	4
SHD - Shetland	29.1	5	3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	13.1	4	2
MNB - Mid Northern B	111.9	1	1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	13.3	3	3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	14.6	6	4
WCE - West Central	26.6	6	2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	18.6	3	2
GLA - Glasgow	20.5	4	3
AYR - Ayrshire	10.7	1	1
LAL - General Central	5.3	4	4
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)	102.5	2	2
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bathroom in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
The scales in the bathroom are buggered. on page 18

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
As for the bathroom... on page 71

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
. When Mrs Dursley wis in the bathroom , Mr Dursley crept tae the bed
1 matches

Flett, Alison Harbour, (Scottish Poetry Library 2004) Orkney, poetry
like bathroom glass
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
money at helpit ta pit up wir bathroom." on page 75

2 matches

Nicholson, James Lallans 58 - Do whit du’s telt, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
p in da mornin he geed tae da bathroom an smiled at himsel in da mir on page 17

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
der plenty o idder stuff ida bathroom ....
oond him, wis aboot aa fae da bathroom .
2 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
For the bathroom Willie heidit "Nae need for p on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
up his hans as he opened the bathroom door. "It's even waar in here on page 9
afore sayin, "Cud Ah use yer bathroom, V1?" on page 30
oot fin ye war lookin fir the bathroom." on page 32

3 matches

Mid Northern B

Riddell, Conor San Diego, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
s a massive comfy bed, ma ane bathroom wi a huge bath an it lookit o
1 matches

General Northern

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
e flat. Her mither thocht the bathroom looked sae braw that she didn on page 18

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
oor bathroom , Hanna his bocht some affa fu
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
fitting an Internet acquired bathroom affa poor quality junk(2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Aldo then shoots oaff tae the bathroom. Fur what seems like an etern on page 134
raight through tae the untidy bathroom tae cake ma hands in sanitise on page 142
nd follaes me through tae the bathroom. And as ah'm brushin ma teeth on page 156

3 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
he toilet rolls in the shared bathroom, but they were different frae on page 41

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
r like it coudna wait for the bathroom .
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
r bless him had a bath in the bathroom - tin bath in the livvy room (2020) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ack o dawn and gaed intae the bathroom and snecked the door. As we k on page 50
e shelf abuin the sink in the bathroom alang wi aw the toothbrushes on page 52
he early mornin privacy o the bathroom, Matilda feezed aff the tap o on page 53
and nae kitchen stove and nae bathroom?' on page 187

5 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Stuid starin at the bathroom's mirrored ghaist; on page 52

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
fter College tae work oan his bathroom . The previous owner had cover
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Ah made it tae the bathroom by the skin ae ma baws. Even
ssel up and come back oot the bathroom . Naturally, ah’m feelin ten
2 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
I staun In the bathroom ae ma maw's hoose fir aboot a on page 2

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
penplan kitchen at wan end, a bathroom and a bedroom wi three single
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e lavvy flushin comes fae the bathroom doon the hall, breakin the aw
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
so’s ah’ll hear it in the bathroom .
1 matches

Ayrshire

Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
ng cause she coudnae find the bathroom , even though she’d already
1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
he central heatin and the new bathroom and that,' Agnes said. She ha on page 7

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
turnt on the spickets in the bathroom, hoat chocolate cam poorin oo on page 15

1 matches

Templeton, Sheila Lallans 73 - Lairnin About Luve, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
forsakin oor new bathroom upstairs. on page 55

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
alang wi the coalhole an the bathroom key hung aff a nail in the oo
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
id Feelin ... A lukked oot ma bathroom wundae this morn an seen a wu on page 30

1 matches

Thompson, Mark Address to a Nintendo DS, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ards, poetry
Even whun he’s in the bathroom -o
1 matches