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The word 'confusin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
confusinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.11310
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 37.4 3 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 62.8 2 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 confusin in Corpus

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Shetland

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
n "oh boy, dis is gyan tae be confusin!" Trouble wis, he wis right i

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Will virus crisis mean a fresh stairt for Scots produce?, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
Union. Baith are misleadin an confusin for consumers.
1 matches

General Northern

Faffe, Christina Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Special Licht, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Confusin a human wannerer on the coast on page 81

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Is it ah so confusin that it ah maks on page 10

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ae them-an ye've nae idea how confusin it is, aw the things bein ali on page 83

1 matches

General Central

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 82 - Holy Corners o Auld Scotia, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
It wis forby confusin. Mayhap ye ken on page 56

1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ed, an haes mired thaimsels i confusin infechtin, Kamerón’s govrn
1 matches

Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
i “Changin Scotland” as confusin i her Guardian review o whit
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ferent sizes in a day is awfy confusin." on page 43
ae thum-an ee've nae idea hoo confusin eet is aw th hings bein alive on page 83
un oan? Eet's easily th maist confusin hing Ah e'er heard!" on page 104

3 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
thim-an yae hae nae idea hoo confusin it is aal the things baein al on page 84
ae on? It's bae far the maist confusin thing A iver hear't!" on page 105

2 matches

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