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The word 'smash'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
smashOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.32720
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 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 4
WCE - West Central 23 5 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 31.9 7 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of smash in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"In 1880! Just laek dat aafil Smash I used ta aet in my student d on page 77

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Brian's Ma hid deed in a caur smash efter he'd bin born. His Da,
1 matches

General Northern

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
Billie: Ah'm gawn tae smash that Count's coffin. on page 40

1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
hole tae the tap o the kist, smash in the wid an bung a noose ab
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
all masks, all false, left to smash At the foot of those grassy s on page 64

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ddenly ah've goat an urge tae smash this cunt aboot the buildin. on page 146

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
She'd smash the cups when she was angry A on page 31

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
shair that a gleg push wadnae smash her waik body an aa? She wars
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
An smash oor empty bottles oan the gru on page 209

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
smash the door in, dugs barkin, pan on page 115

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
oot, the wave on which we can smash throu the wainscots o oor pai
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
esman gets in there first tae smash it. Sílence isnae calm, but
1 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
(smash!)
1 matches

Edinburgh

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
And as the muckle stane smash't doun on Acis on page 98

1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
tae happen. Ah make a fist an smash it intae mah palm. Disco cloc on page 26
e afore, we cin dae it again. Smash a windae? Naw, too obvious, c on page 30

2 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
sake and the Toi wans n we'll smash them aw?' . on page 9
'Ma big brur wid smash you if he heard you sayin tha on page 11
and by some miracle, doesnae smash. It bounces, slow: motion, on on page 14
dy or their mad cousin gonnae smash yi or stab yi fur suhin or nu on page 30
'Fuckin smash 'um, Si' on page 42

5 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
Trev an his faither wad bi in smash. On the ither hand droonin th on page 83

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
The Gorbals Story wis a smash hit and brocht in fower thoos
1 matches

@Cobradile94 tweeted
A howp iverb'dy haes a smash Obaida day! https://t.co/DtG0(2019)

South West (Galloway)

Briggs, Susi Diva, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central - Dumfries and Galloway, poetry
We smash the patriarchy yin wee bit at
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
Wi a smash an a tear
1 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Fur ye'll smash it completely tae chaff" on page 8

1 matches

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