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The word 'porch'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
porchOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.82216
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 34.9 6 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 6
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)
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 porch in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
eemed ta disappear intae your porch." on page 31
Shü gude i da porch fur twartree paets an stokit on page 33
ied an pat on her buits in da porch, dan stakk her heid aroond da on page 34
wir an extra gust a wind, da porch door crashed tae da back, an on page 35

5 matches

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
n an tippit trowe tae da back porch whaar da skelfs wis foo o aa
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
keen tae let Jock ower their porch his lane wi a drooth like his
1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
tched as he stepped intae the porch an pit his mit on the doorkno
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
in on her slippers at the wee porch at the back door.
r and came as far as the back porch tae get fed. But still it wid
2 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ill Broon wis watchin fae his porch windae when the airt dealer w
‘Ah wis just in ma porch haein a fly cup when the airt
2 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
man, staundin stievely in the porch. 'Richt then,' he snashed. 'C on page 88

1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
ent purl an skelf oan tae the porch. on page 16

1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
oor, an leadin me oot tae the porch. ‘Watch the Beemer, as yer
1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
im streekit oot ower ma front porch, deid as a dumplin!' on page 20

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
steps intae the Clydesider's porch and opens the black door fur on page 4

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
oor wis wide open, and in the porch a tottie wee dauncer made oot on page 71

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. , (no publisher recorded 2017) Central, poetry
Tae the tap o the porch! Tae the tap o the waa!
1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
tin up the decorations in the porch(2020)

@ThonJacobite tweeted
tin up the decorations in the porch(2020)

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
ma plaid an Ah liggit in the porch. on page 40

1 matches

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