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The word 'leakin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
leakinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.7129
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 2
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 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 2
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central
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 leakin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
s, cause ivvery wan o them is leakin inty ae grun an inty this bur on page 84

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
n sticky, as if something wis leakin ooto her.
elt her ma that her buits war leakin, because she likit her buits
ell her Ma that her buits war leakin, sna hid bin dingin doon in b
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
“The reef o wir hoosie’s leakin. There’s watter poorin in f
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
t it. We'll jist say it wis a leakin pipe an you've sorted it.' on page 76

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
ritish Legion lounge reef wis leakin water, it wis jist poorin in
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
w aw day. The cunt's nose wis leakin like a burst pipe and it wis on page 129

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ot in an affy muddle ower the leakin o the fack that a Trident mis on page 55

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
dribblin, leakin on page 80

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Leakin’ roofs an’ chokit drains,
1 matches

Ayrshire

Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
this - a grown man wi' water leakin' oot fae his een. There wis a
1 matches

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