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The word 'finishin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
finishinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.91611
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 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 1
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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) 62.8 2 1
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of finishin in Corpus

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General Northern

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ospital and ma Da wid jist be finishin his shift at the factory. Nae on page 41

1 matches

@Franwella tweeted
LouiseNicol1 jist starting or finishin?(2012)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
a hoose keys. Ma burd will be finishin her work aboot thenow. Head o on page 43
he closer ah'm gittin tae the finishin line. The maire ma erse hus s on page 56
Aldo, who by now wis finishin lickin the papers taegether s on page 63

3 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ance runner wha's sichted the finishin line and kens he jist hus tae on page 124

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
come in jist as the thing wis finishin an sat right doon the front n on page 126

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
weavin, finishin. on page 23
weavin, finishin. on page 24

2 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
aw take a dig ay it - twice, finishin the hash.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
nother drink, ah tip it back, finishin it, an place it gently doon o
1 matches

General Central

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
tion. GME fae the nursery tae finishin at the primary scuil is a for
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Drosten, John Lallans 67 - Fower Poems bi John Drosten, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
settin the finishin touches on page 133

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
bae civil, yae wad bae better finishin the story yersel." on page 74
, that it's harly wurth while finishin the game." on page 84

2 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
emine me o the fect it needed finishin. Thenk ye baith fur ivriethin on page 1

1 matches

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