A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'washes'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
washesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.41110
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 washes in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Sheu washes, irons cleans and cooks, on page 23

1 matches

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
gather an put ap whin the sea washes hid ashore alang the banks,"
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
toonser through an through He washes, irons, cleans an cooks on page 15

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
'It washes the strength ooto ye. Forbye
1 matches

General Northern

Stewart, Del Tales Fae The Doric Side - Seaforth Road, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
an aul mannie washes himsel. on page 70
an aul mannie washes himsel, on page 71

2 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
Words that quickly washes awey any feelin ae relief he
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ofound feelin an understaunin washes ayr ye when ye see mountains on page 3

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Washes the watchers till they maun c on page 71

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
He reluctantly washes it an gets just enough milk o
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
It washes clean frae head tae feet on page 10

1 matches

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