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The word 'screamed'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
screamedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus123922
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 105.5 3 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 25.4 10 4
WCE - West Central 23 5 3
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of screamed in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
He screamed wi blazan fury and he threw h on page 52
Then he screamed like a banshee, "Fur God's sa on page 72

3 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
rowlin ahint him, whin Claire screamed at me, on page 52

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
"Serpent!" screamed e Pigeon. on page 50
"Leave off at!" screamed e Queen. "Ee make me giddy." on page 78
ee can-" "Sweem efter them!" screamed e Gryphon. on page 96

3 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
pen for ma and as I passed he screamed as his mooth exploded oot the
’t like a fridge magnet and screamed oot o ma but the driver nivve
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat If I Catch Ye I'll Eat Ye, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ower intae Loch Craig. Wully screamed like a wee lassie as the gunp
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ten fit fae her. Jessie near screamed oot but it wiz the sadness on
1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
e cuddies reared its heid and screamed a lood lang equine scream, co on page 36

1 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
e mattress an it sprung up an screamed. Its white hair wis stickin t on page 21
"Isa!" screamed the crab. "Look whit ye've do on page 35
"I'm tellin ma Ma on you!" he screamed. on page 70
roond. Aa the folk stared an screamed an yelled an cheered - some on page 99

5 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
'Whit's this?" He screamed, "Whit wey thae claes?
1 matches

McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
an we aw pit oor haunds in an screamed "Cmon lads it’s coming home
cotsmen!" then aw eh the fans screamed an cheered, then ah got butte
The commentators screamed " Two minutes added time unti
3 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
is seeing. It wis Broonie who screamed first and that snapped Declan
1 matches

West Central

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
Creak! The auld stairs screamed as I tiptoed doon them. I sne
1 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
the speed ae light. The group screamed as a chill went up their spin
The group once again screamed as a thud landed behind them.
The hing only screamed a blood-curdling scream back
3 matches

Sands, Finn THE GHAISTLY FITBAW MATCH, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
‘Git him!’ screamed yon ghaistly Keeper.
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
Whose is it? Whose is it?' he screamed. 'If the dumbfuck who let thi on page 53

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
is a literal leap. "TABLE! ah screamed. At the toap ae ma lungs 'FUC on page 35

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"Enough ae that!" screamed the Queen. "Ye're daein ma he on page 80
"Swim efter them!" screamed the Gryphon. on page 98

2 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
nae gie a fuck" "Aye ye kinda screamed somethin in Gaelic" *'S e abl on page 3

1 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
"The Big Bad Moose!" screamed the Gruffalo's Wean. on page 28

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ir men lay still in daith, or screamed an grained in mortal agony ti on page 37

1 matches

General Central

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
"Peetie! Peetie!" he screamed, on page 35

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"Snake!" screamed th doo. on page 51
"Pack eet in!" screamed th Queen. "Ee mak iz dizzy. " on page 80

2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Briggs, Susi Diva, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central - Dumfries and Galloway, poetry
She screamed at me, “It’s din!”
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
An aye tha coul wund screamed. on page 16

1 matches

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