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The word 'approachin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
approachinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.32116
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
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 43.4 7 4
GLA - Glasgow 20.1 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 2
LAL - General Central 3.9 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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of approachin in Corpus

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Shetland

Watt, Valerie Froggy smoorikins, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
turally blate craetirs. Eftir approachin twartree, wan eventually agre
1 matches

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
een pleased tae see Charlie's approachin' licht on page 13

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North East Central

Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
Trains approachin?
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(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
in signs that’s he’s fast approachin brekin point, tae. And by the
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Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
s an’ muffled conversation, approachin’ frae the east. A primed ma
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
She leukit at the approachin muntains. Ye wouldna try for
dreamt o approachin thir fowk. Bit he saw the hal
dly, addressin hissel tae the approachin watchers.
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Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
die than he wis by that o the approachin lassie. He wisnae even fasht
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
o preoccupied wae ma ain fast approachin demise tae pey they’m much
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
who’s almost certainly fast approachin her twilight years.
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Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
two pricks huvnae noticed me approachin. Wan ae their mates, Matthew on page 28

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
That can feel the approachin polis in their marraes, on page 83

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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
he noo ya pricks!’ he sais, approachin, his face fuckin beetroot.
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ATE! BINGO!’ McDade shouts, approachin the poor cunt, lyin sparkled,
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Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
be frichtit awa, but gif the approachin company wis lairge, outlyin p on page 28

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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
tae get the latest news o the approachin Armageddon, that some said wa on page 23

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General Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
es yaized werenae respectably approachin ony standard ir matchin onie on page 40

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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
ffin an pyntin his neb at twa approachin figures. ‘I think the Fanke
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Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
Hogmanay is fast approachin, an wi it comes an internatio
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South West (Galloway)

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
ken tae coort. Jist as we wur approachin the Allander Brig,
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