A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'blown'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
blownOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.81916
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 70.3 2 2
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 31.3 5 3
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of blown in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
an cot beneath him wis a full-blown scarlet rose. on page 73

1 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Like sand blown fae the links. on page 113

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"I ken ah'm blown it noo, why wid you want ta e on page 58

1 matches

Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Minni-Babbi, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, prose
min noo, an a right storm wis blown up, an da sky an waves were t
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
My mind's blown fae talkin in da phone. I'm a(2016)

North Northern B (Caithness)

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
Blown owre the back on page 122

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ndle is lek efter e candle is blown oot, for she couldna mind eve on page 13

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
s thrapple risin tae a full blown scream at this fleein, growli
1 matches

Aberdeen

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
en his howf door hauf-apen an blown in the wund. Whit wey oniebod on page 97

1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
@SophiaAlMaria This has just blown my 8 yr old’s mind, but make (2022) twitter link

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
fetime chance for freedom was blown away - proud to say myself a (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
t conversations ah got a full-blown spiel aboot the colour ae ma on page 169

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
e get yer han’s free, or be blown off. Direct current oan the i
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
t. Now since one vertical was blown up two hours ago - ”
“Blown up?” the auld man repeatit.
” the auld man repeatit. “Blown up? Over the Fundamentalist Z
3 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
hem ah imagine his pupils are blown as big as they are when he’
1 matches

Glasgow

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
e school until they found the blown-up bog. on page 7

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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ed this wi’oot huvin a full blown panic attack, ah’d huv call
1 matches

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