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The word 'dizzy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dizzyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.81914
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
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
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 62.8 2 1
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 dizzy in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
steps o the plane, an he felt dizzy-kine an far awa es he focused on page 41
grave, feelin kinna queer an dizzy es he peered doon inte the la on page 76

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ncers aat war makkin him feel dizzy. on page 15
aa the champagne hid made him dizzy an raivelt an his pal's weel- on page 62

2 matches

Harper, Norman Stronach: A Weekly Look at Life in the Fictional North-East Village, (The Press and Journal 2000) Doric, newspaper
the old soldier said. "I get dizzy some times. That's all. Leave
1 matches

General Northern

Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
and aff we went hame ah felt dizzy seek and nae weel .
1 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
werenae hurt, jist a wee bit dizzy frae aa that fleein aboot. Th on page 99

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
y sir, ah said, Ah feel a bit dizzy ah think ah jist need some fr on page 48

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ugglin tae stay awake, feelin dizzy n sick. Yir gonnae be awright on page 43

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
wa an the grun fell far below dizzy an dizzy an turning the lamps
an dizzy an turning the lamps fae the
2 matches

General Central

Shepherd, J. Barrie Lallans 82 - Forth Brig, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
oo I nivver recovert frae the dizzy on page 28

1 matches

@WhenDidADidny tweeted
AM BACK n ready to reach the dizzy heights of mediocrity once ag (2018) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
@Sheilam19534814 Gied him the dizzy wis an alternative in Ayrshir(2020)

@ThonJacobite tweeted
delighted tae hae gained the dizzy heights o' a thoosand followe(2021)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
screamed th Queen. "Ee mak iz dizzy. " An then, turnin tae th ros on page 80

1 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
He'll bae dizzy lukin' doon. on page 39

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
sae quickly: yae'r makin mae dizzy!" on page 65
t the Queen. "Yae'r makin mae dizzy." An thin turnin tae the rose on page 81

2 matches

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