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The word 'slowed'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
slowedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.21716
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 4
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of slowed in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
r tongues oot bit nobody even slowed doon. on page 41

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Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
An the big belt slowed tae a staandstill, strae on page 72

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Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
and even the bumble bees had slowed doon. on page 14

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Hall, Simon W. New Lambs, Owld Stone, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
y pit the brakkar on it. That slowed us doon a bit. We enjoyed All
1 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Froggy smoorikins, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
development intae a frog wis slowed doon. Come da winter I still
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
thi spoot, cloggit up, so eit slowed eis doon a beit. Noo, pooren on page 9
we weis en pursoot, thi Trust slowed doon, an we started catchen u on page 11

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
d felt nae weel as the wagons slowed t'a stanstill an they aa got on page 39

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General Northern

Stewart, Del Tales Fae The Doric Side - Haudagain, 8:12 am, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Ah sit en-route tae toon, slowed bi anither reid, on page 86

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(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
He slowed his pace yince oot o'sicht. on page 29

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
rapt their voices. Their feet slowed tae snail's pace. Howie was w on page 1

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
towards the road, but he had slowed doon a bit an he wis runnin b on page 72

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West Central

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
His skin grew pale, his blood slowed; he felt trapped like he had
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Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ight n light a snout. They've slowed doon, sayin Am no runnin. It' on page 42

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General Central

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
a greetin, she thocht, as she slowed the car at the spot whaur he' on page 12

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Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
another, and savours it a few slowed moments, juist as Delaney see on page 72

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East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
o watter tae git dressed. She slowed doon as she leukt in the mirr on page 18

1 matches

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