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The word 'showers'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
showersOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.587
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of showers in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
waathir. Gaan tae be any more showers o cattie-faces the night, Jim
1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Sunshine and snow showers on today's #walkies. If dis p(2020)

Aberdeen

The Flying Pigs There’s nae reassurance over national insurance, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
ting on during the April snow showers, cos fan it gets even mair ca
1 matches

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
usselburgh agree the fans and showers is a big issue m8 - witnesse (2020) twitter link
ds - soaked to the skin n no showers etc etc - a just hope everyb (2020) twitter link

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
Wan ay the best showers in memory, the maist promisin on page 3

1 matches

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
Or stop showers or baths in order ae being sm(2020)

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
As April showers an sunshine bring the earth t on page 48

1 matches

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