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The word 'inn'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
innOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.23427
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 22.9 7 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 14.4 11 9
SEA - South East (Borders) 24.2 2 1
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) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of inn in Corpus

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Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Mine host at the inn'll hae a smile though on page 117

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
e, fir der wis nae room at da inn. An dere i da byre shö hed h on page 79

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
rtson an me wis at the Grouse Inn for some refreshment the stre on page 94

2 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
ain cuddy an teuk him till an inn an leukit efter him. E neist on page 98

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
deen Journals. The White Dove Inn in St Swithin Street tuik in
ee turn roon the chaumer. The inn hid aik-panelled waas, wi low
2 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ff sauce fae The Country Park Inn Mintlaw for only £8 or twa m(2016)
d sad news aat The Fite Shilt Inn #Balmedie has been placed int(2019)

General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
nce I've been in yon Havester Inn's places bit the roast dinner(2016)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@Ali_Leith @JulieMcNeil66 New Inn, Ellon. And you'll get some f(2020)

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Ower their yill i the Crusoe Inn They bother oor young hero: on page 14

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
ar wuid tak me ti the Howgate Inn fur a
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
l can tweet ???????? The Auld Inn, one o’clock ??????????(2020)

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
efter time et the Doaktur’s Inn The borman tripped an’ noke
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
had endit up at the Kingoodie Inn wi a bunch o local lads he ke on page 30
entin a slogan on the wa o an inn in the centre o the toun. Wha on page 122

2 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
On his wey tae an inn in Pertik wi his freend on page 91

1 matches

Ayrshire

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
ess! I wantit ti gang til the inn for a wee drink an a gemm et on page 42

1 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
a ain wake, at the Sheep Heid Inn. Fowk heuch an flee: on page 50

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Mary's Loch, by Tibbie Shiels Inn, thare's a stookie eemage o W on page 65

1 matches

Landles, William Lallans 73 - Welcome, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
The inn-man, easin the sneck, on page 57

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - No Faur Frae Babel, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
he vennel, past the 'Victoria Inn' on page 84

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
s toilet at the 'Sheep's Heid Inn', Duddingston. on page 91

1 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
din hud a new life as the Sun Inn an weel liked by the villager

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
alkin his mare oot o the Star Inn Close, his collar up an his b
hed frae the mouth o the Star Inn Close as his client rade up t
2 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
@ClydeFC Kom inn der ung mann!!! ??. ?????????(2019)
@ClydeFC Ha! Kom deg inn!! ????????????????. ?? ????(2019)

@weenell3 tweeted
ers food is braw? There's the Inn at Torbrex and a wee bit furt (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
THE BLACK BULL INN MOFFAT on page 22
The Black Bull Inn next time a bide on page 49

2 matches

South West (Galloway)

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
We passed the Haufwey Inn an the Queen's View anen Jimm
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
lace. Gin ye gae doon tae tha inn an clock yersel doon wi yin o on page 8

1 matches

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