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The word 'lighter'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
lighterOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.32714
ORK - Orkney 109.3 11 3
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
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 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 27.3 6 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
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) 88.3 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of lighter in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
Inga Lighter an Øyvind Grower waatch Astr on page 6
Olaf Lighter an Eynar o the Hoose speir at on page 12
alman dairk o the wrack. ivry lighter gies a bustan braeth, an sett on page 25
Olaf Lighter hishan his bairn tae sleep Th on page 36
her ploys is waatched by ivry lighter ithe Hoose, cheussan no tae m on page 48
Also on pages 146, 154
7 matches

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
tae pit fag-packet an lighter oan a cafe table: on page 5

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
shame lighter, gauzy. Function... on page 37

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Haggis tasting notes, and whisky pairings, (Brisk Northerly 2019) Orkney, blog
aks for a haggis that is faer lighter and moister than supermarket
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
ukked like a silver cigarette lighter. He flicked it open, held it
1 matches

Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
da season and da return o da lighter nights. Wha wants tae watch?? (2019) twitter link

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Lassies falling lighter on his stomach on page 60

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Harpreet roon the class wi a lighter an a can a hairspray sayin he on page 118
d go another four or five pun lighter but ah don't want tae end up on page 137

2 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
lly, ah’m feelin ten poonds lighter and plagued wae even maire ir
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
aff at suhin, or playin wae a lighter or matches in the corner. The on page 7
Finnegan says as he pulls his lighter oot. on page 14

2 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
go intae ma poakit an get ma lighter oot, offerin it tae him. He c
him. He cups the flame ay the lighter in his hauns an sparks his sn
parks his snout an ah put the lighter back in ma poakit. ‘Here, i
3 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ff an is tryin tae shield his lighter wae it, haudin it oot in fron
1 matches

General Central

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
and the glitter wis finer and lighter, the colour of the card showi
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
something else A.. It's a lot lighter tae lift up noo... (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@officialAliRed tweeted
@Gergaskman A tinge lighter than Hawick green! And aye, t(2020)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Tasks oo life they nir seem lighter, on page 30

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
rden o temperance. Da had the lighter load o the fluit an the borte on page 22

1 matches

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