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The word 'freezing'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
freezingOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.9138
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
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 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 15.4 3 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 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 freezing in Corpus

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Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
an feel yir hand, Lass, hid's freezing cowld. Here, wrap me shawl ab on page 20

1 matches

General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
is nae helped, bit its bloody freezing ootside so nae coal picking(2016)
ocre fitba, overpriced pies & freezing yer balls tae watch shite! Ye(2017)

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
whether it's baking hot or freezing.
1 matches

West Central

Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
for i sake o it. I mine I wis freezing. So I suppose we’ve hid our
1 matches

Edinburgh

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
ur a swim. The watter wis aye freezing! We used tae pit oan wir wool on page 76

1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
auld. These summer nights get freezing, nae cloud cover ye see. on page 29

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
ager's fuckin roastin. Gie me freezing cauld bucky err that shite an on page 172
cracked open the Bucky. It's freezing cauld but the alcohol an caff on page 174

2 matches

General Central

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
en jist git emptied intae the freezing watter, they hidnae a hope. L on page 43

2 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
so, don't knock it... Bloody freezing here mate... ?? ?? ... Enjoy (2023) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
#Scots #baltic #SnowDay #freezing https://t.co/0pwR3fRH0J (2021) twitter link

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