Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'growan'

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Use in varieties of Scots

growan	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	7.2	24	8
ORK - Orkney	129.2	13	6
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	351.6	10	1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
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 growan in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I wis growan ower-dependent on me poor owi on page 7
On growan up, I realised that I wis che on page 68

2 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
the Deep Wheel, the Hofn aye growan in grandur an skrinklan in se on page 31
is Astrid, a body at's mibbe growan anither gravity. Tae bide, an on page 104
wheels whan the staetion wis growan. Darling laens intae Astrid - on page 107

3 matches

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
are peenk an scarlet an thir growan on page 108

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
oyster plants an daisies growan on page 49
ppy fur thir's faer too minny growan noo. on page 63
tae dae hid. Me hair hid been growan fur a while. When I pulled hi on page 99

4 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
and an faerful proggy thistle growan oot o the wall at Bruces Stor on page 86

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
an me man growan on page 123

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
Hyslop blethered aboot growan up doon sooth wi a mither wha
1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
d till feel wheech way id wis growan; an she wis kinda surprised t on page 14
at?" she thoucht. "A mosst be growan peedy again." She got up an w on page 19
ate till wish at! She went on growan, an erowan, an awful soon hed on page 33
nces. Air wis a beeg mushroom growan near her, aboot e same heicht on page 40
at wan an then at e ither, an growan sometimes taller, an sometime on page 51
Also on pages 74, 107, 108
10 matches

South West (Galloway)

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
Reid itchycoos were growan .
1 matches