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The word 'growen'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
growenOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus15.75113
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
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 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 47.8 36 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 growen in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
guff o the lab. "Only haand| growen reeks this geud." Brenna come on page 28
ional spin a drag on her meun-growen bonns - an mynd thinnan. on page 30

2 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Trowie time flees an aa, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
t. Local fysh an tatties. Hom growen wi nixt tae nae food miles an
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Cheerio for eenoo . . ., (Shetland Times 2011) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
lly my tick hair an beard has growen back in time tae keep me warm
1 matches

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
’ve received an e-mail aboot growen ma member an dinna wint tae m(2020)

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia The birds an the bees, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
nt lesson. As a quine fa haes growen up in the kintra, ah wis aare
1 matches

General Northern

Philip, George Luikin Back, (Jas Gaesham 2008 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Doric, prose
landit up in the waard near a growen up fa wis mebbe in tae see ee on page 6

1 matches

Philip, George Tales Fae The Doric Side - Winter, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
An waatch growen-ups wi tichtened braith an li on page 80

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
s the Reid Queen. "She's fair growen!" wes her first obsair. Deed on page 28

1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
be a growen man. Maistres Stein hed a pro
a growen man.
2 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
ye happie nou at ye ar ane up-growen leddie?" on page 1

1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
e wis twal year auld and haed growen a bittie brosie the past wee
uin for them that wis aaready growen up. It happent that Jessie an
2 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
doun throu the years she haed growen a grand conceit o hersel: bon on page 16
Her mither haed growen twa new hants o late at set K on page 25
realized the twa o thaim haed growen that pack wi ither wi her ett on page 30

3 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
for dedicatin this buik tae a growen-up. I hae a guid raison: he i on page 7
shawed my maisterwark tae the growen-ups, an speired gif they were on page 9
o th boa constrictor, sae the growen-ups coud see it clear. They a on page 10
oliticks, an neckties. An the growen-up wad be gey pleased tae mee on page 11
tlins wer, dingit doun by the growen-ups whan I wis sax year auld, on page 12
Also on pages 19, 20, 21, 29, 31, 42, 44, 45, 49, 58, 59, 93
30 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
t maun be at oor nummers haes growen oot o haun frae 1996 whan las on page 4

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 62 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
e hievens shoudna be left tae growen-ups acause thay mak it dreich
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
s feenisht, Phaedra an I were growen lassies. Daedalus had mairrie
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ot yow?" said Ahlice (she hae growen tae hur full size b' this tim on page 121

1 matches

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