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The word 'smokers'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
smokersOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.9139
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 15.4 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 2
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 1
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)
GUL - General Ulster 10 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of smokers in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Mid Northern A

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
Fit, sit aa nicht amon reekin smokers, gettin water-loggit wi non-a on page 94

1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
comparably high price tae be smokers. If onything, a tax on sugary
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
g aboot Bunsen: he pure hates smokers. Ah could tell by the look on on page 46
Charlene made me go roon the smokers' corner wi her an it felt pur on page 47
ight wan time ah wis roon the smokers' corner wi Charlene, but apar on page 126

3 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
tech building, known as 'the Smokers' Corner: Aw years, fae aw are on page 44
rms right on tap ae us in the Smokers' Corner, 'FUCKY Big Kenzie sh on page 46

2 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
Oot the back door, the smokers laugh among thirsels. I say " on page 3

1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
wisnae fae parents that were smokers haudin thaim ower when they b on page 23

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 76 - The Sycamore at Calton, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
While raucous back-sate smokers passed ye by,
1 matches

General Central

Eagle, Andy Lallans 63 - Stravaigin The Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ae hoise whit’s cried black smokers fae the fluir o the Pacific o
orthwast Americae. Thir black smokers is the affcome o acteevity in
2 matches

General Ulster

Stewart, Kenny The Proota Field, (Facebook 2021) Ulster, poetry
And the smokers they stood up ye see an steug
1 matches

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