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The word 'explainin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
explaininOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.22316
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 31.4 5 2
GLA - Glasgow 21.7 4 4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.7 8 6
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of explainin in Corpus

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North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ger. Helios wid hae hunners o explainin tae dae tae Zeus if Hercules on page 43

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
h wis genuinely excited aboot explainin Aldo's character. But when ah on page 70
Ah swiftly reject the offer. Explainin tae him how ma heid's awready on page 76

2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
weeda drappin twa fardins" an explainin hou " this puir wumman has pi
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
an. Ah sent her umpteen texts explainin how ah'd met Frieda by accide on page 169

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
attie, wha begins ti narrate, explainin aw the fykie ins-an-oots as h on page 140

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
y explained the procedure, by explainin’, “Pour it thru a pair oâ
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
He wis still explainin, as faur as he kent, whan the
age. The Chinese owersman wis explainin that the Auld People wad loup
he hesitatit. She cudna stert explainin paleontology tae Raggle. “Q
ae her knees. She heard Guzul explainin: “First time. Ne’er seen
4 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"Wid ye mind explainin it tae us?" said the Mock Tur on page 104

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
Efter explainin the situation, the boays wurn on page 31

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
responsibly pockets explainin thit our mum widnae want me e
1 matches

Bratchpiece, Neil The Wee Man Ft. Leo - Parliamo Glasgow, (YouTube 2014) Central - Glasgow, poetry
hy I'm scunnered, I'll get to explainin'
1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
ir wark for bairns tae be aye explainin things tae them. on page 10

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
gettin oot the hoose, I tried explainin that video gemmes let ye play on page 24

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
omes us wi a smile and starts explainin whit we'll be gettin up tae. on page 6

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
anent article and structure , explainin hoo tae write an explanator t on page 5

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
ed tae tell him that he wisna explainin awfie weel, and he gied Wee G on page 14

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
I'm no even gonnae try explainin tae ye how terrible Violet, K on page 11

1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
explorin an explainin
Explainin hings
2 matches

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