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The word 'lavvies'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
lavviesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3107
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 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 31.5 3 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
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 lavvies in Corpus

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Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Ootside lavvies, Izal toilet paper, on page 42

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
embled company. "Ah clean the lavvies it Tesco's - an Ah mak a bli on page 33

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
nie tuik scunner usin the dry lavvies oot in the playgrun, the timm
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
single bedrooms wi their ain lavvies aff. Syne, he'd heid-huntit t
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
rn ti clean the three ootside lavvies an pit the Evening Express in on page 72
gest draaback wis the ootside lavvies. An the biggest draaback aboo on page 75

3 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
swalleyed. An the man in the lavvies didnae see me. Proves nuthin. on page 43

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Big Davy fae the lavvies died ae a heart attack this m on page 101

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
wi their posh new indoor lavvies, an the war. on page 21

1 matches

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