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The word 'backwards'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
backwardsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.53822
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 1
WCE - West Central 53.3 12 2
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 2
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.1 10 8
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 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of backwards in Corpus

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Orkney

Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - The chapel by the burn, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Hid disna trevil backwards. on page 6

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
The years go flyan backwards and I whistle a different tun on page 69

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
-lins: backlins 'backwards' (back + - lins) on page 43

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
aw fit lookit a German rinnin backwards towards the British lines an
t lookit like a German rinnin backwards towards the British lines wav
2 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
#Aberdeenshire car parks is a backwards step in encouraging eese in l(2019)

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ckle man wi his claes near on backwards. He wis giein yin o his oxter on page 22

1 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
d doon a bit an he wis runnin backwards. Stupit laddie. He wis too we on page 72
yer heid!" he shoutit, runnin backwards again, but this time through on page 77

2 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
if ah were tae run the motor backwards fur lang eneuch, then obvious on page 18
n, the gless sterted tae lean backwards, furder and furder and furder on page 159
'Say the three-times tables backwards.' on page 211

11 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
The table moved backwards an Bunsen flew forwards on page 118

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
then drag it backwards ti mak it mare on page 26

1 matches

Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
r washed ower me. Ah stumbled backwards, mah body as flimsy as a ragd
1 matches

Edinburgh

Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
tither the degenerate tung o backwards peasants. The differ, o coors on page 108

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
n ma shoulder n A nearly fall backwards intae the arms behind it. It' on page 43

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
in fae behind, ma heid joltin backwards wae the force as we walk doon
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
astart draggin its front hoof backwards, juttin it forward again an d
1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
If we turn the tape backwards, flip it on its heid, on page 32

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 104 - Whaur Div Ye Belang Tae?, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
d oot thair ain kin, an stert backwards fae the day. The maist import on page 40

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
Geordie taen a step backwards, shauchlin closer tae the doo on page 9

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ends will sometimes bend ower backwards tae keep awa on page 34
e weel, for aw I've bent ower backwards tae please yese. I'm awfie, a on page 73

2 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
He landit backwards on the ice. on page 20

1 matches

@IshbelMcF tweeted
ye, nah. Wear yer da’s shirt backwards an gies yer wee poem.’(2018)

@Chazzbat tweeted
u've bin dragged thru a hedge backwards, but his 'do is still high an(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
hite is a hedgehog coming oot backwards(2020)

General Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
ler to Harris and Ruth Deadly Backwards(2017)