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Use in varieties of Scots

guessin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.9 8.6 1.5 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences1917 1 0 1 0 0
Number of authors12 10 1 1

Occurrences of guessin in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
?-It wis Bill, nae prizes fir guessin-Wha's gaun doon the chimney, on page 38
the sky bit - nae prizes fir guessin - anither serpent! Ugh. Serp on page 52
l," said the Hatter; "so ah'm guessin ye kin draw treacle ooty a tr on page 73

3 matches

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
ly fur me thur's nae want fur guessin). Ane week the 'carers' rived on page 80

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
irror in front ae me, Ah'd be guessin ma facial expression musta re on page 32
as ah gesture tae Aldo, "ah'm guessin the quiz didnae go well then? on page 74
ss and winter white hair ah'm guessin she wis still kickin aboot fu on page 140
, he's determined tae keep us guessin. Cos anytime me and Dougie qu on page 167

4 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
'Nae prizes fur guessin wha it wis,' Matilda said. on page 198

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
and an there's nae prizes fer guessin whaur the lairds hae aye stoo on page 83

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
it on richt resairch, no guid guessin. We need a fouth o literature
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
an ‘official’ word ah’m guessin’). Ah’ that’s ma proble
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
But A'm guessin
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Second Guessin’
ty Bit plenty room fur second guessin’.
lesson? No sae mony a’d be guessin’ Which meant the teacher ya
3 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
@AGlasgowGirl @MitchBenn Ah'm guessin it's Laurence Fox announcing (2020) search twitter

Doric

Reid, Adeline Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Clootie Duff, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
ir weel acquant an aa deen bi guessin on page 20

1 matches

Shetland

@tattooedselkie tweeted
@Hoorayforfoxes Same here, guessin they waded intae someen's rep(2021) search twitter