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The word 'hammerin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
hammerinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.61813
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 3
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 2
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 hammerin in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
, fur shü cam tae wi someane hammerin apo da door. on page 30

1 matches

Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
t ower da ketch, da engine is hammerin awa, an da sky is veev wi whi
1 matches

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
kyist wis tycht, me hert wis hammerin. He wad tell me, wadna he? Te
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Da dunes have taken a hammerin. Wi da predicted impacts fae (2020)

Aberdeen

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
rstaund whit wey forgiein the hammerin yon Glesgie Keelies gaed Farq on page 99

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ah jump oot the rains starts hammerin doon. This pub kindae takes m on page 182

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
gie wis delighted. He started hammerin at the cooker an pullin bits on page 25

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Wis hammerin its aluminium studs on page 24

2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
atchin up on him. Despite the hammerin o his hairt an the rush o blu on page 39
s time Boney wis gien a richt hammerin at the Battle o Waterloo in t on page 92

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Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ore ah cuid tak shelter, twas hammerin doon lik’ wee bullets. Thâ€
1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
t haime yin night when it wis hammerin doon. Minted motor he’s goa
and yae wid hink ah’m back hammerin snow again. The only hing tha
2 matches

Glasgow

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
and. Wild all through it was, hammerin agin the rocks: ruthless and
1 matches

General Central

@Chazzbat tweeted
day. Woke up tae ma best pal hammerin on the door an windaes, shout(2020)

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
i meenits efter; hei wur back hammerin on oor fore-door,
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
k richt roon the perimeter in hammerin rain wearin nowt but thin sho
1 matches

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