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The word 'gory'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
goryOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.51510
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.2 5 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
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 gory in Corpus

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Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
ped Mans Heid seems to be the gory etymology (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"Come on, tell wis aa da gory details," Geoffrey burst oot, on page 39

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
htit te fill ma in oan aa the gory details aboot Alec. Oh ay, an on page 26

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
e field of his fame fresh and gory:
1 matches

(South) East Central

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
few times ah’ve seen really gory stuff in some ae the 18-ratit
lan’s injury wis almaist as gory as that Arnie filum, believe
ubject by far, it’s full ae gory stories like that.
3 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
nywiy. Ah’ve glisked really gory stuff in the 18-ratit action
lan’s injury wis almaist as gory as that Arnie filum, believe
2 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Each gory detail o his obscene daith on page 128

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
ew high bit some fun’ their gory marks! Big “Gaddy” Angus,
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
angs o’ battles, grim an’ gory,
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General Central

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
nae. The real yin's faur mair gory. on page 5

1 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - Gentlemen of the road, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
the gory heid o the Baptist,
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
In the centuries o gory an yin-sided carnage atween S on page 27

1 matches

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