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The word 'shriek'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
shriekOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.5217
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 175.8 5 1
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 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 22.8 5 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 49.9 4 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 94.2 3 1
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 shriek in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ything, but she heard a peedy shriek an a fall, an a crash o broke on page 34
geon, raisan ids voice till a shriek, "an joost as A wis thinkan A on page 50
id woke up again wi a peedie shriek, an went on: "-at begins wi a on page 72
crashed aroond 1dwance more e shriek o e Gryphon, e squeakan o e L on page 120

5 matches

(South) East Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
Aye, an' then Ah'll hear the shriek o' the maws, seagulls in the on page 16

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
at a great rate. Gien a great shriek o fear Davie loupit tae his f on page 38
n, the call o the gull an the shriek o the wild animals o the hill on page 90

2 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
e anyhin, bit she heard a wee shriek an sumhin fawin, an a crash a on page 36
e Doo, its voice raisin tae a shriek, "an jist as ah'm thinkin tae on page 52
it woke up again wae a totey shriek, an went oan: "that stairts w on page 74
rashed aw aroonwance mair the shriek ae the Gryphon, the squeakin on page 122

5 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
o onyhin, but she heard a wee shriek an a fa, an a crash o broken on page 35
doo, raisin eets voice tae a shriek, "an jist as Ah was hinkin Ah on page 51
rashed roond eetyince mair th shriek o th Gryphon, th squeakin o t on page 123
an th sneeze o th bairn, th shriek o th Gryphon, an aw th ither on page 124

4 matches

South West (Galloway)

Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - The Scaffie Man’s Tale, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
t she'd been robbed an gaed a shriek thit made abody notice. Folks on page 112

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ent on, risin its voice tae a shriek, "an jest:is A wus thinkin A on page 52
ashad aroon it-yinst mair the shriek o the Gryphon, the squeakin o on page 124
the sneezes o the weeyin, the shriek o the Gryphon, an aal the ith on page 125

3 matches

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