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The word 'numb'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
numbOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.52517
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 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 19.5 8 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 25.6 5 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 327 2 1
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 65.6 1 1
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 numb in Corpus

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Shetland

Graham, Laurence Flans Frae Da Haaf, (Shetland For Wirds 2000) Shetland, poetry
Come cauld black tochts at numb da hert
1 matches

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
hole right side o my mouth is numb and its spread up to my nose (2019) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
eyn o his nose; his teeth wa numb an his legs felt like rubber. on page 60

1 matches

Shearer, Gillian Skitin Oan Thin Ice, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2019) Doric - Alford, prose
n that lang his dowp hid gaed numb. He keekit up aat the pulpit.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Ma boady feels numb wae shock. Ah mean yae hear r on page 49
a anxiety induced boady feels numb wae increasin nerves. But the on page 54
ein high wis the only wey tae numb the bitter pain ae reality. K on page 90
s ah wis stood in the kitchen numb wae fear. on page 186

4 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
in the air then A noticed hou numb ma fingers wis. But ach! For
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
attle and dirl. But Ailsa wis numb tae it aw, apart fae the whis
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
eck the e-mail. My brain went numb trying to understand it.
tae Maister Henry's puir wee numb harns? Onie wey, he maunna ha
2 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
An’ erse aw’ numb an’ sair!
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
usly allooin his erm tae gang numb, feedin the fire, an reflecti
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
stoned oot ma heed, just tae numb the fuckin inevitable roastin on page 51

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
hit me yet, ah say. 'Ah feel numb, if that's the right word' on page 9
Cuntybaws. Are you really numb? Or are you just saying what on page 11

3 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
McDade but ma senses ur still numb. He saved ma life, ay that ah
1 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
polis; and meantime, ma bum, numb on page 95

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Balfour: His servants are numb wi drink. on page 35

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
A dancing frost yer neb tae numb on page 38

1 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Mae han's is numb, mae feet is caul, on page 5
Algebra, mae brain wint numb, on page 35

2 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
mae hands are numb an heid ait aches on page 48

1 matches

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