A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'flower'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
flowerOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.82210
ORK - Orkney
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 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 62.6 10 1
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 94.2 3 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 flower in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ergy, NHS money, carbon... ?? Flower power ??(2019)

General Northern

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 58 - The Bothy Loon, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
bonnie, yer een are like the flower o the flax, yer cheeks are li on page 124

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
udgie an gat bursen or lang. "Flower times roun is eneuch for ae d on page 50

1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Fresh lawns and sumptuous flower-beds, end to end, on page 30

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
The Flower o' Scotland's Rugby fame,
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
An' Flower o' Scotland, Scotland's ain s
He lived long enough to hear Flower of Scotland passionately sung
“Flower of Scotland”, that was thee
the Playhouse flare an' sung Flower of Scotland. Tae me it was ve
fully clearly whit A believe, Flower of Scotland is the National A
9 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
hside ay Glesga, lined wi wee flower pots ay pink 'n purple wi ivy on page 3

2 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
e o Jesus, and Granny'd put a flower in it. Rain's batterin off th on page 36

1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
n almost dae it with Wildwood Flower.)(2020)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ik pilgrim's wuthert wreath o flower on page 6
ely gairden, amang the bricht flower-beds an the cool foontains. on page 76
an shae putt thim intae a big flower-pot that stud nearhaun. The t on page 81

3 matches

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