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The word 'starry'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
starryOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.176
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 2
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of starry in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
The night wis calm and starry and I fancied some romance. on page 29

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Goodall, Phyllis J. Cabrach Days, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
There's been starry nichts in the Cabrach.
There'll be starry nichts again.
2 matches

General Central

MacKenzie, Douglas Eemis Stane 1 - Puir Finch, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
"I watch ye frae the starry lift, on page 13

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
swirls the starry harvest in destruction on page 107

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
Here let me join ye this starry night Up here on the hill A'm on page 4

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
ound outside, cold, clear and starry sky. Ideal night for a fire. (2020)

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