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The word 'raisin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
raisinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.93828
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
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central 92.7 2 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 3
GLA - Glasgow 21.7 4 4
AYR - Ayrshire 52.4 4 1
LAL - General Central 13.4 10 9
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 2
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
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) 102.5 2 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of raisin in Corpus

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Shetland

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Sky high fuel prices maks trows lie low, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
daek wid be awa. Dey did dir raisin in nae time ava. An da sheeks
tink dey ir working ony sense raisin yon paets?” he axed.
da sam couldna be said for da raisin dat hed been done.
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Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Naewey tae bide, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
h on Princes Street Gairdens, raisin juist ower fower million poun
1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
afs o hollin, an its heid's a raisin burnin in brandy." on page 42
scronacht the Queen, her vyce raisin up tae a weeack as she heild on page 69

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@Manuforti1968 tweeted
are dee'in an affa guid job. Raisin' hillocks o siller for worthy(2019)

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
r Wallace’s campaign o fire-raisin. They war near at the end o t
1 matches

Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
hey maun hae spent fower year raisin ilka bairn, they cannae hae m
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(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
""Cheers!"? she said, raisin a bottle o pineapple breezer. on page 84

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West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
id disease, an hinnerlie, the raisin o Jaírus's dauchter. O coors on page 135

1 matches

Wilson, Rab A Newsin Wi Jack Aitken, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
In raisin funds she isnae slaw,
1 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
Herten me wi raisin-cakes, on page 3

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McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Raisin’ Scots tae mair than brute,
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
am, risin tae ma feet. Before raisin ma glass in the air ‘’Fan
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Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
" went oan the Doo, its voice raisin tae a shriek, "an jist as ah' on page 52

1 matches

McCrory, Pat Lallans 56 - The Tale ae a Worm, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
at flour plain, or is it self raisin?" on page 114

1 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ut up, Jimmy!” she snapped, raisin a haun before hinkin better o
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Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
in tae himsel, turnin roon an raisin his gless. McDade looks at me
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ease," said the Dodo gravely, raisin tae its feet, "I Ppropone tha on page 25

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
loam, whaur a bit o hard wark raisin the rigs wad shuirly yield hi on page 50
yersel!' greetit the miller, raisin a muckle cloud o white stour on page 72

3 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
'"Gie me the choaker.' An raisin hir airms an breists she clei on page 14

1 matches

Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
manishment o the projet, fun-raisin an siclik. An noo oo ar thair on page 59

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ither than the wans that are raisin ye noo, even while kennin in on page 60

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Raisin twal or thirteen weans wi bai on page 66

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Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
Raisin his vyce, the doctor said:
1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ees sicna creeticism as juist raisin a stour, acause the cookies t
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ht, distributin literature an raisin awareness aboot the situation
nues for protest an awareness-raisin, as the gemme is the nicht. W
2 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
e, min. Gey prood. Thanks for raisin sic a lassie for us a(2020)

@LairnScots tweeted
s, an tote bags? A guid wey o raisin awareness o the leid? A dange (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
n th wood," continued th doo, raisin eets voice tae a shriek, "an on page 51

1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Raisin hir een til his, she offers h
1 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
"Noo Sam, it wis for guid raisin' that we left the toon on page 30

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Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Raisin a mizzle o stoor, on page 22

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
an balances for tae stap yin raisin itsel abin anither. The folk
1 matches

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