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The word 'twinkle'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
twinkleOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus93010
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 3
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 281.3 8 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 40.2 8 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
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) 58.1 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 170.6 6 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of twinkle in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
lightsome peedie fulloo, wi a twinkle in his eye on page 50

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
am sure I could see a peedie twinkle in his eye. on page 128

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ht jester. Aggie's brown eyes twinkle and everything on the list is on page 30

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
an roond goes e clock leck e twinkle o an eye! Half-past wan, time on page 67
'Twinkle, twinkle, peedie bat! on page 68
Twinkle, twinkle - '"' on page 69

8 matches

(South) East Central

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
Gay, he says wi that wee eye twinkle eh his. "Where's yer mum?' on page 7

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
'Twinkle, twinkle, totey bat, on page 70
Twinkle, twinkle-'" on page 71

8 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Gawston lass!' he daffed wi a twinkle in his ee. Then he luikt at h on page 68

1 matches

General Central

Thoumire, Elizabeth Halloween, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
year at the fínish, an wi a twinkle in his ee, he wad send ane o
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
e juist steert it in, an wi a twinkle in his ee telt us tae haud oo
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Twinkle frost apon tha ground, on page 41

1 matches

General Ulster

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Twinkle Twinkle Wee Wee Star on page 10

6 matches

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