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The word 'feather'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
featherOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.32719
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 70.3 2 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.7 5 4
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire 39.3 3 1
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
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 feather in Corpus

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Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
y taken with the liminal swan feather at the top. (2021) twitter link

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
pen = 'feather' in StE: A'm fun dis horrid b on page 106

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
too weak Till stir e peediest feather! on page 5
An e moral o at is-'Burds o a feather flock tigithir'." on page 87

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
oupen oot. Ken eis their weis feather's fleein awuiy. Needless tae on page 33

1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Ah wish ma quine wud get the feather duster oot an div some cleani(2015)

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
l-biggit. Ye can fell it wi a feather. Willie Soutar https://t.co/6 (2020) twitter link

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
like a feather boa windin itsel aroon on page 44

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
h fae the well. The grey wing feather aff a pigeon. She wasnae shai on page 1

1 matches

Jamie, Kathleen Eemis Stane 1 - Grey Feather, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Grey feather, on page 7

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
Feather beds is braw,
Feather beds are soft,
2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Tho it lost a feather fae oot its tail.
1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
e braws: at the beds wi their feather mattresses, the leukin-glesse
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ath too weak Tae stir a totey feather! on page 5
moral ae that is-'Birds ae a feather flock thegither'." on page 89

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Pit a shouder-feather o her ain on the scales o Fat on page 33

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
Tae fuff a lintie's feather! on page 5
he moral o that is-'Burds 0 a feather, flock thegither'." on page 44

2 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
teased her or kittlt her wi a feather, brocht a tear o baith sadnes on page 33

1 matches

General Central

MacKinnon, Ann Lallans 70 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
Burds o a Feather on page 61

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
nthrift, at the beds wi their feather mattresses, the horsehair cou on page 6

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
ink oan, wuid ye? He's gotnae feather downie pillows, nae telly, na on page

1 matches

MacKenzie, Douglas Eemis Stane 1 - Puir Finch, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Is noo an ash o beak and feather on page 13

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Tae stir th teeniest feather! on page 5
h moral o that is- 'Birds o a feather flock th'gither'." on page 89

2 matches

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