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The word 'lounge'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
loungeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.72917
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 19.6 6 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.5 6 3
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 40.2 8 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) 605.7 1 1
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 lounge in Corpus

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Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
dder Lerook pub an dat wis da lounge aboot six year ago! ?? (2021) twitter link

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
arlex? Heavy Metal Buffet? Da Lounge? Posers? Alloftheabove? #lerw(2013)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
hauf an syne it's back te the lounge te waatch TV. Efter a fyow at on page 46

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
at in Quarrytowers, wi a haa, lounge, sun-lounge, kitchie, dinin-r
, sun-lounge, kitchie, dinin-room, maister
triano an John Bellany in his lounge, wi strippit lichts ower the
, fur the glaiss door tae the lounge wis steekit.
4 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
The British Legion lounge reef wis leakin water, it wis
1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
d thair breks in the basement lounge o the hotel, whaur thare wis on page 26

2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 108, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
The Sma Lounge.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
awthin frae "an old folks sun lounge area", "a lean to", "the Roke
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
ch 2000 7.30pm tae 9.00pm Wee Lounge. Brunton Ha, Musselburgh.
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
cotlandFA the kitchen and bar lounge r top drawer - hud a shuftie (2021) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
In the Brewer's Fayre lounge fir aa tae see, on page 142

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
nker and heid through tae the lounge tae join Bruce fur an evein i
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
We head doon tae the 'live lounge' as they're callin it here, t on page 2
e head back doon tae the live lounge. Ahm hopin tae see mah main m on page 4
' She marches me oot the live lounge. on page 8
ays, noddin taewards the live lounge. Ahm startin tae hink mibbe t on page 10
lly as we head intae the live lounge later that night. 'Act normal on page 24

6 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
cians sit roon a table in the lounge blastin tunes ("Jigs,' so Ion on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n.’ he sais as we enter the lounge where he does his stuff. Nora
1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
-feedin him ice cream. In the lounge outbye, anither indwaller wis on page 31

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
e leevin ruim, ir whiles, the lounge, whan thai gat veesitors.
1 matches

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
hen a spotted a fuckin rat in lounge and got rid of that instantly(2020)

Donegal (East Donegal)

Millar, Alan Yarns 3 - Sammy Thomson's, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - East Donegal, prose
a, lik yin ligged on a chaise lounge; een an mooth apen, face thra
1 matches

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