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The word 'glances'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
glancesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.3119
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 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 glances in Corpus

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Orkney

Skea, Bessie Gallows Ha - Earth-bound, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
came anither day when luving glances turned away - on page 18

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Harper, Norman Stronach: A Weekly Look at Life in the Fictional North-East Village, (The Press and Journal 2000) Doric, newspaper
of the bar in order to sneak glances at Erchie's companion, then s
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Aldo's eyes and _ the worryin glances ah wis gittin fae Craig ah co on page 74

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
lously smuired frae the sherp glances and lang tungs o the toun. Th
1 matches

West Central

Hardie, George Lallans 81 - Annie and the New Chairs, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
ebody spoke but mony were the glances shot in his direction as he s
1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Tammy an the Cheese Plant, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
The three exchynged knowin glances.
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
epskins, drawin a few admirin glances fae the lairdies' wives as he on page 87

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Bill an Beatrice exchynged glances. Thir fowk wis here for tae s
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
The hushed whispers n glances aw start tae make sense. A gi on page 30
McGiver glances at me. He gees me this look l on page 54

2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
ed ye oot fae the get-go. Sly glances passed atween folk. Strangers on page 76

1 matches

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