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The word 'booze'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
boozeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.13320
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 48.8 11 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.7 5 3
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
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 booze in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
droothy swore, "Ah'm aff the booze. Ah'm start tae hallucinate, on page 55
ters, I forsook the burds and booze. on page 68

2 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
y swillin aroond, ower muckle booze, an drugs fur da askin. A cul on page 57
yin aboot da place sozzled in booze. My Bertie gude tae da whalin on page 73

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
lle's nyatterin tongue An the booze didna gree like it eence used on page 15

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
m adrift on his ain wee sea o booze, blether an keech. Gin he fou
1 matches

General Northern

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
der loons an quines got hud o booze somehow an hid pestered Ellen on page 59

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
He finds 'at aa his booze has gone an ye've drunk it on page 121
Ooh, got sim booze in St. Andrews on page 123
Jist as lang as 'ere's booze on page 131
Poppin peels an skoofin booze. on page 194

6 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
age been an cheese slice. Any booze ye wint a can get fae the off(2020)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Well that's me aff the booze fer a few days now after a bl(2016)
Asked me tae tak some food n booze.perfect chunce tae get rid o'(2017)
wee over indulgence in food n booze! Ma heed jist slowly getting (2018)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
sell straight. Get a job. Nae booze, nae blaw. See youse aw right on page 1

3 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e gangsters. Aw enjoyin cheap booze while they watch the ponies o on page 182

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
pay thae fancy prices, an the booze is... no sae bad,
1 matches

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
bove Wi’ a skin foo’ a’ booze an’ a hert foo’ a’ love
ough tae turn me back tae the booze.
2 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
no in meh veins, thi rye buck booze on page 6

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ace, can ye no’ dae withoot booze fir yin week? Ye’ve distrub
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
bein’ any guid at sellin’ booze, well that's whit A chose tae
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ee favourite hings used to be booze, bowls and bingo. Since ah've on page 1

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
weaty hair, smellin a' foosty booze an tell thum that Iona finall on page 3

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Curly mop, nor nae booze this week. on page 83

1 matches

General Central

Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 59 - Auntie Aggie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
wis gey hivvie haundit wi the booze whan it cam tae makkin cakes. on page 118

1 matches

@LowEndJardo tweeted
Embdy got a dial a booze number but one a can get a bo (2021) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
tell ye this. Never mind the booze; gie up ony notion o' takin d (2021) twitter link

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