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The word 'blinds'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
blindsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.51510
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 1
GLA - Glasgow 25.6 5 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of blinds in Corpus

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Shetland

Williamson, Christie Böd, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, poetry
da licht at blinds da een
1 matches

General Northern

Stewart, Del Tales Fae The Doric Side - Seaforth Road, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
than a new set o blinds. on page 71

1 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
re cloaks made oot o blackoot blinds. As time gid on I got mair an
1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
unshine is beamin through the blinds and lights up the room. It’
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
n ken what time it is cos the blinds are closed and the entire nig
feet and wanders oor tae the blinds and opens thum up. The light
2 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
eetlight comin in through the blinds, ah see there's aboot an inch on page 13

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
Through the office blinds, ah see a pair ae eyes tryin on page 1

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
The rattle ay the Venetian blinds in the kitchenette fae the op
ce ay ma torment. Ah pull the blinds up an look tae the busy stree
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
et light comin in through the blinds, ah see there’s aboot an in
1 matches

General Central

@g_hibby tweeted
e... That's it.. Shutting the blinds noo, I cannae be bothered loo (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Tindal, Betty Lallans 67 - Two poems by Betty Tindal, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Windaes are screened bi blinds, sometimes Venetian! on page 129

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
private and fancy. A open the blinds when A drop ma bags in efter
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
he front parlour was dim, the blinds a quarter open, the red, velv on page 47

1 matches

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