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The word 'breakin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
breakinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12614
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 43.4 8 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of breakin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
“Aye well. A’m no breakin ony windaes or forcin ony doo
or forcin ony doors. A’m no breakin intae ony hoose.”
al. A’m wi youse there. Nae breakin an enterin!” A kent he wid
d hae the richt words for it. Breakin an enterin! Hoo mony times hi
4 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
rious victory or another hert breakin loass. Me and the rest ae the on page 98
r ae us and another season ae Breakin Bad. He seems tae huv a conne on page 175

2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
breakin news fae ma political portfol (2021) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
r because her nals are always breakin an her hair is startin to fal on page 146
School's breakin up fur the summer soon. Wuv o on page 161

2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
, the coorse grub an the back-breakin work o huntin an cuttin up th on page 36

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Back Breakin' - Sander Shakin',
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
w theyre just aboot tae start breakin limbs unless ye come up wae t on page 9

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
far away fae snappin an joost breakin in an cavin the guy's heid in on page 29

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Breakin intae a sprint, ah race throu
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e the bathroom doon the hall, breakin the awkward silence.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
in — fur Tam initially, fur breakin the bloody thing — but mare
takin the easy waiy oot; fur breakin Jeanie’s hert; fur abandoni
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
hey’re just aboot tae start breakin limbs unless ye come up wae t
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
f ah’ve goat anymare, afore breakin intae his ain stash.
1 matches

Ayrshire

Wallace, Lorna Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2019) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
A think ma hert is breakin’.”
1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
aytime telly, soap operas an' breakin' news (which is niwer breakin on page

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
e orange sky is the only fing breakin the darkness. If it wasnae fu on page 28

1 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
ten tae Janet Paisley's poem 'Breakin Rainbows', the perfect depict (2018) twitter link

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
in ower tae tha dort. "ls she breakin thaim teeth in fur a horse?" on page 24

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
at the front o the church fur breakin the pledge."' on page 23

1 matches

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