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The word 'swearin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
swearinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.31711
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.7 8 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 28.1 2 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of swearin in Corpus

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General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
that swearin, Susie disnae believe in bad
sual Jake wid leave cursin an swearin, aye pittin his blood
2 matches

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
rge, in that it haes seen the swearin-in o the first ever colourt A
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
se we'd never heard a teacher swearin before. on page 118

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
realisin that it wis Geordie swearin an cursin at the tap o his vy on page 109

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Though we’re swearin’ an’ sighin’, in oor he
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
'You can get done fur swearin?' ah question. 'In Glasgow... on page 25
they said ah wis shoutin and swearin in front o Lewis and the othe on page 46
dnae deserve tae get done fur swearin.' on page 59
ma mum a criminal record fur swearin and relay whit the police tol on page 91

4 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
the flair an strapped him for swearin. Puir laddie didna ken he wis on page 120

2 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
suspended fer a week jist fer swearin - no at onywan, jist swearin(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
's win her Dumfriesshire, nae swearin, jist Fechan! on page 77

1 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
got tae the point o cursin an swearin, an spanners bein threw roon on page 9

1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
e richts tae his #UlsterScots swearin in spiel doon in Westmeenster (2015) twitter link

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