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The word 'frames'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
framesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92318
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 frames in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
hid bites at the window frames - invisible, on page 3

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
in trinket-shop frames on page 32

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
s. "For sic a lock o cucumber-frames dey most be!" tocht Alice. "I on page 38

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ss. "What a number o cucumber-frames air mosst be!" thoucht Alice. on page 36

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
cicles hingin frae the windae-frames, wee eens, the size o bittick
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
him new lenses intae the auld frames.
new lenses intae his auld frames bit, the optician shook his h
." Jonsar Eck studied the new frames an picked a pair
frames bit aye came back tae the fra
bit aye came back tae the frames he liked.
5 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
whiles anither frames his macho intentions in his t on page 111

1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
al glares fae their priceless frames. The odd wee giggles and echo
1 matches

Dundee

McKenzie, Roddy Cataracts, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2018) Central - Dundee, prose
n yir helping them choose thi frames and thi bairns that jist need
1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
safe fur kids. Decent climbin frames, flyin foax, swings, roondabo
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
e's a fair number ae cucumber-frames oot there, onywey!" thought A on page 38

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
oo aw that's left is the bare frames, which ir like notice boards, on page 24

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
y cunt, the lenses ay his NHS frames steamed up wae the strain ay
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
here must be a wheen cucumber frames!" thoeht Alison. "I wunner wh on page 37

1 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
three tackie picturs in yella frames shawin nabbie German lassies on page 137

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ablo the ill- fittin winnock frames and tirled and rattled at the on page 37

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
iess. "Whit a load o cucumber-frames there must b'!" thocht Ahlice on page 37

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
un bae a wile lock o cucumber-frames here!" thocht Alice. "A wunne on page 38

1 matches

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