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The word 'towerin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
towerinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.7129
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of towerin 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

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
annie fae the hotel security, towerin abeen him. on page 16
p te see the ootline o Gertie towerin abeen on page 41

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
d Alec affa Matty's back in a towerin rage, winnerin fit hid taen h
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Towerin ower yer heid on page 129

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
o them New York buildins – towerin higher an higher lik some ram
1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
od richt up on its dug's legs towerin abinn Hercules while its nine on page 11

1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
o tae be feart fae the Gorgon towerin abuin him. on page 135
yed staundin, a pillar o doom towerin ower the dwaibly laddie. Timo on page 146

2 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
nd saw the main courtyard, wi towerin waws and a wee stage for the
were standing on, there wis a towerin arch, wi the keystane at the
2 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
reet ah see it staunin there, towerin high above me, high above the
1 matches

General Central

Ewen, Allan The Blin Man an the Man Wha Couldna See, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
lin man. Touchin the heivens, towerin like etins aboon a faur green
1 matches

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