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The word 'creature'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
creatureOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.41815
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 3
WCE - West Central 17.8 4 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
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) 31.4 1 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 65.6 1 1
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 creature in Corpus

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Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Bessie, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Take this wretched creature tae Kirkwall on page 18

1 matches

Shetland

Facebook link (Shetland on Camera 2021) Shetland
body tell me what dis strange creature fae da deep dis is?

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
he years Nick had his various creature comforts forby my mither. No on page 70

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
corner ae the room. This tiny creature wis tryin tae swing oantae th on page 14

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
O creature, oot ma licht: ma siccar en on page 59

1 matches

West Central

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
bein hunted doon by a made-up creature'?"
. The next thing seen wis the creature's return, as it pushed Abby o
hat is wan!" Liam stated. The creature's eyes widened at hearin that
3 matches

Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
e them different except for a creature, sum kin o bogle or sperrit,
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
a strange wee creature on page 59

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ae much fancy the look ae the creature, bit she thought tae hersel, on page 92

1 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
The creature slunk oot, but iz eyes wurnae on page 20

1 matches

General Central

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
O creature, out ma licht: ma siccar en on page 44

1 matches

MacKenzie, Douglas Eemis Stane 1 - Puir Finch, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
e mourn the passin o a fellow creature on page 13

1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
dart realisations o the wirds creature an idiot is ascrived tae Hibe
1 matches

@WhenDidADidny tweeted
lso Barry Ferguson is a swamp creature. https://t.co/NZNRNqE11A (2018) twitter link

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
nae that fond o the luk o the creature, but aal thegither shae thoch on page 93

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
A'd niver tracked a creature doon on page 46

1 matches

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