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The word 'steamin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
steaminOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.52420
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 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B 131 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 4
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 27.1 5 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
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) 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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of steamin in Corpus

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Shetland

Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
A week efter yun, we were steamin intae da pier at Blacksness i
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
stage o curin the maister bi steamin him an haudin on the toddy. F
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
at the aal deal table wi her steamin joog o coffee and opened the
1 matches

Mid Northern B

Johnston, Shaun The Forkie Gollach, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
it. I took it ootside. It wis steamin and the smell wis gan roon a
1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
hoos, my hands cupped roon a steamin bow! o broth my granny made f on page 10

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Frothy coffee min, richt steamin het. on page 171

2 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
less an less for the windaes steamin up.
1 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
ses So in Canada, oot tae get steamin' is summin' totally different(2019)

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
ma ain skin. Aathing in that steamin jungle wis weet, but there wi
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
pile ae shite tae an ocean ae steamin hoat rancid piss and he kin p on page 65

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Big Mags an the party an the steamin stable lad an everythin. Befo on page 79

1 matches

Lamb, Darcie T in the Park, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Kirkcaldy, prose
e. There wis a few nut cases, steamin oot their nut. Hefty embarras
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
rman shepherd. The troops wur steamin, launchin themselves oot the on page 3
ater n we're walkin up fuckin steamin, singin, shoutin n smokin sno on page 16
e them laugh. He bounces away steamin tae talk tae another burd. on page 26
boy comes oot the pub fuckin steamin. He's breathin doon hur neck on page 39

4 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n tae be fair tae him, he’s steamin right in, jabbin cunts; any c
1 matches

Ayrshire

Wallace, Lorna Tae A Selfie, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2014) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Sae bloody steamin’.
1 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
lies he wis aye chasin intae, steamin, tho it wis a workin nicht, j on page 134

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
selves stertin tae crave rich steamin stews and hoat aipple pies an on page 46

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
te Rabbit was still in sicht, steamin doon eet. There wisnae a meen on page 10

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
an abbey, by thir semi-steamin trees, on page 45

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
he set sail, man, boys he wiz steamin', on page 29

1 matches

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