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The word 'guessin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
guessinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.91912
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
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.3 6 3
WCE - West Central 23 5 3
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 16.3 3 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
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 guessin in Corpus

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Shetland

@tattooedselkie tweeted
@Hoorayforfoxes Same here, guessin they waded intae someen's rep(2021)

General Northern

Reid, Adeline Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Clootie Duff, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
ir weel acquant an aa deen bi guessin on page 20

1 matches

(South) East Central

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
ly fur me thur's nae want fur guessin). Ane week the 'carers' rived on page 80

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
irror in front ae me, Ah'd be guessin ma facial expression musta re on page 32
as ah gesture tae Aldo, "ah'm guessin the quiz didnae go well then? on page 74
ss and winter white hair ah'm guessin she wis still kickin aboot fu on page 140
, he's determined tae keep us guessin. Cos anytime me and Dougie qu on page 167

4 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
it on richt resairch, no guid guessin. We need a fouth o literature
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
'Nae prizes fur guessin wha it wis,' Matilda said. on page 198

1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
an ‘official’ word ah’m guessin’). Ah’ that’s ma proble
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Second Guessin’
ty Bit plenty room fur second guessin’.
lesson? No sae mony a’d be guessin’ Which meant the teacher ya
3 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
and an there's nae prizes fer guessin whaur the lairds hae aye stoo on page 83

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
?-It wis Bill, nae prizes fir guessin-Wha's gaun doon the chimney, on page 38
the sky bit - nae prizes fir guessin - anither serpent! Ugh. Serp on page 52
l," said the Hatter; "so ah'm guessin ye kin draw treacle ooty a tr on page 73

3 matches

General Central

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
But A'm guessin
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
@AGlasgowGirl @MitchBenn Ah'm guessin it's Laurence Fox announcing (2020)

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