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The word 'toilets'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
toiletsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.83213
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
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 91.9 20 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 22.8 5 3
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 toilets in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
When I wakkened in the toilets, I hid on a cowboy hat! on page 29

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
, tents sellin golf gear, bit toilets? Ey were nae wye
1 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
The caretaker at the public toilets scarcely glanced at him. The on page 41

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
n then she let me oot tae the toilets. Ah went intae wan ae the cub on page 18
ewed her load in the Lassies' Toilets an wan ae the teachers phoned on page 38
enty eight pound in it in the toilets in McDonalds, an by the time on page 54
job. He's startet cleanin the toilets across the road fae the swimm on page 97
an Charlene wur in the school toilets at interval, doon daein a pee on page 98
Also on pages 100, 101, 102, 169
18 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
n then she let me oot tae the toilets. Ah went intae wan ae the cub
1 matches

Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
e entry tae tell us whaur the toilets are.
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
doon! Someone wis sick in the toilets! Ye should aw’ think shame
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ace is just full ae guys, the toilets are boggin. The boss cunt's t on page 60
But the toilets urnae joost bogging; they don on page 61

2 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
PE lessons smokin fags im the toilets, A'm fucked. anaw but there's on page 46

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ogs - where's eh bogs? Gents toilets, phew...fly doon...boom...awi on page 3

2 matches

General Central

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ns are recalled in the shared toilets, called the mickey by ae char
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
need tae stop thum fae yaisin toilets or(2020)

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
I foofed whan I seen them dry toilets in Broughshane. I hadnae much on page 4

1 matches

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