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The word 'pillow'
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Use in varieties of Scots pillow Occurrences normalised per million words Occurrences Authors
Dialect map - Usage over time
Total Corpus 3.4 11 11 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
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
5.1
2
2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
13.7
3
3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
1.3
1
1
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)
51.2
1
1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
32.8
1
1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)
Occurrences of pillow in Corpus
In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to
the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.
Shetland
Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn , (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"Dat night, I grett intae my pillow as if I wid nivver stop. In d on page 20
1 matches
Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood , (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
slept with her head under the pillow ?” he read. “The fairies t
1 matches
(South) East Central
Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam , (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
ae her bed. Heid back oan her pillow , her extremities tinglin, she
1 matches
MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT , (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
heid rested back oan th' lush pillow 'n' ah teuk loads o deep brea
1 matches
Glasgow
Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency , (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
t back tae sleep by removin a pillow fae 'er suitcase, a process t on page 3
1 matches
Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy , (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
ectit back aff the presst low pillow o damp cloud, smotherin aa wo
1 matches
Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona , (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
the bedroom. Ma heid hits the pillow , and ah’m oot like a licht.
1 matches
General Central
Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling , (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
ir, and I rest my head on the pillow . I feel my jaw oot o line. I
1 matches
South West (Galloway)
Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems , (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
oantae a pillow shaped bi you fir me. on page 54
1 matches
Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
Thompson, Mark Address to a Nintendo DS , (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ards, poetry
rlie hides it richt unner his pillow
1 matches
East Antrim (Larne)
King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition , (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
the tears she gurnt intae hir pillow fur her freen's ma. on page 47
1 matches