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The word 'anythin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
anythinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4515022
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 175.8 5 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 21.9 9 3
WCE - West Central 359.5 81 3
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 189.6 37 5
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 14.4 11 7
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of anythin in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
but id wis too dark till see anythin; then she looked at e sides o on page 9
while all e rest werena sayan anythin, an didna look comfortable at on page 82
E King's argument wis at anythin at hed a heid could be beheid on page 83
emed too much oercome till do anythin but sit wi ids mooth open, ga on page 113

5 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
layed doon since there wisnae anythin in the way o evidence, an pol
1 matches

@daleser23 tweeted
@giggsy26 aye i cana see anythin but a spain win. At wiz a dre(2013)
drew7 aye. I quite like it we anythin. U should try it we oreos. #t(2013)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
Be a dad. Make ma maw prood. Anythin. Just say hoo much. I'll pey on page 1

3 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
intin articles in Scots aboot anythin, after all, we use it tae tal
all, we use it tae talk aboot anythin! It looks unfamiliar written
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@MusselburghAth never xpected anythin else from a club fae the hone (2020) twitter link
l_FC @Royal_PeniAFC m8 if its anythin like that last friendly afore (2021) twitter link
@stevie27boyo if its anythin like when her husband in name (2021) twitter link
cannae see anythin fae bdfm - the boys r back i (2020) twitter link

West Central

Dalgetty, Moira Lallans 104 - The Best Laid Schemes..., (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
wound up noo that jist aboot anythin kin trigger it aff and afore on page 102

8 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
d, MAAA. Shut up ah never did anythin. Aye yi did ah heard yi, she on page 19
ice, an they wurnae greasy or anythin lik the stuff ah got wan time on page 30
ster's idea. Karen never said anythin, she jist looked doon at her on page 42
hook it an it didnae smell ae anythin. on page 43
is ah findin the work hard or anythin. Ah said ah wis fine. He said on page 48
Also on pages 51, 53, 60, 62, 63, , 76, 80, 85, 94, 96, 98, 99, 100, 101, 103, 106, 111, 112, 113, 114, 119, 120, 127, 132, 136, 143, 145, 146, 148, 149, 154, 158, 169
67 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
d, MAAA. Shut up ah never did anythin. Aye yi did ah heard yi, she
1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
go in the pool. He didnae say anythin aboot it after that, he jist
1 matches

Percy, Ely The Family Situation, (The Interpreters House.org 2020) Central, prose
hen Kirsty ah’ll no tell yi anythin aboot ma life fae noo on. Ah
it it’s fine. He never said anythin. Ah said, Haha whit yi gaunna
He still never said anythin. It’s no as if they had tae
k but she never actually said anythin tae ma face. Apparently, her
4 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Eh canna dae anythin else on page 28
n thi didna live a leh or dae anythin evil on page 65

2 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
nnin’ but A’ve no’ done anythin’ since.” “Did ye hae a
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
rae someone wha didni’ want anythin’ from him! Oor mutual frien
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
e think that thir wis hairdly anythin impossible. on page 12
it fir a wee bit wioot hearin anythin else: eventually thir wis the on page 38
grass, bit she ecouldnae see anythin that looked like the right hi on page 42
Alice didnae hink that proved anythin: bit she went oan onywey "An on page 64
gain: bit he couldnae hink ae anythin better tae say than the same on page 68

6 matches

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
elt in the mooth an noo this. Anythin else ye want tae throw at me on page 8

2 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
rs roon a table saying hardly anythin. Some ay thum ur drinkin watt on page 3

7 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
breath, listenin intently fur anythin ay note; anythin ah kin use;
ay note; anythin ah kin use; any fuckin levera
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
hind him, Tam is it? You goat anythin fur me?’
His pride’s hurt mare than anythin an that’s worth mare tae a
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Ye never sais anythin Tam. . . still, it’s no the
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
, they’re too feart tae dae anythin. A combination ay baith, ah s
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
tube had neglected tae bring anythin else other than the claes he
fae tryin tae see - tae see anythin but nothin’s there an then.
2 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Don’t you fuckin kid yersel anythin tae the contrary. Ah’ve see
t’ll be danced oer, cut wae anythin cunts kin get their hauns oan
unsure if ah should be readin anythin intae it.
3 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
eyes. She disnae need tae say anythin; there’s nae need.
. If experience has taught me anythin though, it’s that ye kin on
2 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
utter. Radio rental. He'd dae anythin for a laugh so he wid; went d
'Are yous anythin tae dae wi the Mormons?'
daddy sounded mair weary than anythin so ah shut up. Anyway, there
3 matches

Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
e Gillespie boys. We can sort anythin’ out wen wi put oor mind ta
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah cannae think ay anythin tae say so take the only othe
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
elt in the mooth an noo this. Anythin else ye want tae throw at me
listen, listens an disnae dae anythin tae help, or isnae there tae
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ust want a dunt aff somethin, anythin. Anythin that helps mitigate
. Anythin that helps mitigate the munda
2 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
el', 'Ah'm a hero! Ah can dae anythin'!'. Say it o'er an' oer. An' on page

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
ear, but naebdy wis gonny say anythin cos it wis better than daein
1 matches

@alistairdunn tweeted
y last year, so al no mention anythin about how old ye are...HAPPY (2017)

@jax6754 tweeted
rin if your comin bac tae dae anythin here or are u commin up to ha(2014)
hincJones Any plans for daein anythin in Edinburgh 2015? Seasons gr(2014)
chance o you an yir team doin anythin in Edinburgh or East Lothian (2016)

@OliphantWullie tweeted
telly in Europe or England is anythin to go by, it jist gets farcic (2022) twitter link

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
sh @Heardle80s You'll believe anythin if it's oan the Sky Arts ya d (2022) twitter link
ks79 @star_welsh They tell ya anythin oan the Sky Arts hen! (2022) twitter link

@changed_days tweeted
Whit happened bro? Av no seen anythin? Been mangled for a while lol (2022) twitter link

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