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The word 'rainin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
raininOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus13.14224
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 35.4 8 1
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 12.8 5 5
WCE - West Central 32.2 7 5
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 16 12 9
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 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 rainin in Corpus

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
pronounced /ən/), as in He's rainin. It comes fae da Aald English on page 45
paekin aboot da wadder (it is rainin, on page 85

2 matches

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
pronounced /ən/), as in He's rainin. It comes fae da Aald English

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
irn. “I dinna care if it IS rainin. If I canna weir ma wee
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Wid you believe it's rainin jist eence mair
be rainin an, he widnae hae tae gang.
Weel it wisnae rainin, as a metter o fact the day t
Fin it wis rainin Jonsar Eck got a wee bittie d
4 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
d tae Muggie Sliga, it wisnae rainin, it
rainin. If I'm nae in I'll send you
It his been rainin jist eence again,
Rainin? bonny an bricht? nae fear,
4 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
s wis a big burn. It had been rainin for weeks in that land sae th on page 23

1 matches

(South) East Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
hey wis meant tae be. If it's rainin' ootside Ah will nut thole Ec on page 30

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
t day this month it's no been rainin.' Cherlie noddit, on page 59

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
i keep yer heid dry when it's rainin,
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
He said, "It's rainin cats an dugs -
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
th how do you ken its gonna b rainin lol - the hardy amateur lads (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ootside her hoose; it startet rainin jist as we reached the school on page 36
washin oot an it had startet rainin an trust Charlene tae be cyei on page 169

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
r ur ye gaun tae go when it's rainin? on page 66

1 matches

Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
ably just rain, it’s always rainin oot here.” Ah brought ma fr
1 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
e the bus fare. Unless it wis rainin’.
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
awa’ up here Whin it isnae rainin’ an’ the skies ur clear W
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
unt’s blood spattered dial, rainin doon a volley ay punches oant
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
im tae see the centre. It wis rainin, ah'd nothin better tae dae a
1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
It wis aye rainin. Aw through his bairnhood it on page 17

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
'Weel, it's no rainin in here! Tak tent o this! Bi on page 22

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
s freezin' cauld an' it's bin rainin' fur three days solid, Think on page

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ers and bricks and cement cam rainin doon on the three auld yins w on page 173

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
uds o plaister and cement cam rainin doon. on page 46

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
It wes rainin at denner time an they cuidna on page 65

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
It sterted rainin, and the tin sodger got drook on page 75

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
nt through a forest an it wis rainin. It had been rainin fur ages on page 47

2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
n oot washt claes. Gin it wis rainin whan her tim fell, she aither
1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
a_Yes Aye, it’s just stoaped rainin.....??. ??(2019)

@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
@raiphsays Sno rainin heer- yit. Mibby ah’ll wait (2020)

South East (Borders)

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
rae the trees, an the sky wis rainin bluid. She telt me o the drei
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
It Is Rainin In Lewis on page 169

2 matches

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