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The word 'sufferin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sufferinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.34026
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 16.3 5 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21.9 2 2
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 1
LAL - General Central 17.3 13 7
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 109 6 1

Occurrences of sufferin in Corpus

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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
o. But, even wi da deaths and sufferin and strains o voar, we hae fo(2020)

Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
a. Forbye the wild beasts are sufferin as weel. It's jist slow poiso on page 84

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
on him. A wumman att hid been sufferin fae bleedin for twal eer an h on page 94
att he maun pit up wi muckle sufferin an be rejeckit bi iss ginnera on page 109
fa att ye mith tak iss caup o sufferin awa fae ma. Hooivver lat it b on page 117

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
lowing drama involves ma lang-sufferin maan, Donald. An although fit on page 50

1 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
tae create sae much sufferin on page 60

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
chin an skirlin like they wis sufferin the torments o hell. For some on page 18

1 matches

General Northern

Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - The New Leviathan, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
nae conscience for its sufferin on page 84

1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
spired fit a sotter, a've bin sufferin' strang wind ma'sel, a puckly(2016)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ak and ah'm in real danger ae sufferin fae stage fright. The crowd, on page 56

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 67 - Clash fae Cauld Hill, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Sufferin, aa o us sair-aff scholars, on page 39

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
gien vyce tae Kate, the lang sufferin guid-wife o the kenspeckle Ta
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
We war sufferin a defeat at the time on page 118

1 matches

Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
flag and keps their state fae sufferin sic ill a fate as becomin a r
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ease him throu the pain o his sufferin at the loss o his dearbeloved on page 29
afore, at times when she wis sufferin sair frae want or gnef. But t on page 55

2 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Fae sufferin an equal fate. on page 115

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
grief, an sufferin, an sorrow, regret. on page 30
ither, Jean. Pit an end ti ma sufferin, on page 35

4 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
michtie sense o hert-hirplin sufferin, sic that ‘to bear’ or â€
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
the noun ‘tein’ meanin ‘sufferin, dree, trauchle’. Forby the
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
eved in as best he cud ... an sufferin fur it alang the way.

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
is a victim David wis but his sufferin wis remembered an respectit â

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
ears persecution and terrible sufferin aheid afore it aw chainged. M

@g_hibby tweeted
she deserves a Long Service & Sufferin' medal masel'... ?? She's a l (2023) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
This is appallin. Sufferin frae cancer fer years an bein(2020)

@ThonJacobite tweeted
Mony o' ma teacher freens are sufferin badly wae stress a(2021)

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 59 - Five Poems frae the Chinese o Po Chu-I, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
day an drew tent til the fell sufferin o the puir. Alang wi his famo
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Burns, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
The haill sufferin warld on page 66

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
Or mibbe ye're sufferin PMT? Never mind ye'll soon be on page 4

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
giein help, an frae Ma cry o sufferin? on page 63

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
sufferin sumthin tarrible!" Jesus saed on page 9
an wus buriet. An whan he wus sufferin sair ïn hell he cud see Abra on page 98
Thair'll be a wile bad time o sufferin aa ower tha lan, an God's ang on page 105
ullin, wud ye tak thïs kip o sufferin awa frae me? Aa tha same, no on page 107

6 matches

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