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The word 'fusslin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fusslinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.587
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 fusslin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
unguardit lachin an singin an fusslin aa the aul Scots sangs es wi on page 66

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
rowe eagles' banes tae makk a fusslin soun like the cheepin o gorbl
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ntributor of the Doric phrase Fusslin fit means Whistling. http://t(2015)
le is Fussle and whistling is Fusslin. https://t.co/05tUme1tUi(2018)

General Northern

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - Oor Grun, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
fur the win fusslin past, the skite o rain dirlin on page 88

1 matches

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
fusslin tae masel on page 74

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
le wi nae wird said, the wunn fusslin in Ailice's lugs, an naarhan on page 33

1 matches

General Central

Tait, John M Lallans 62 - Expository Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ons – sae eg: ‘Fit are ee fusslin fur, min?’ or ‘Gonnae go
1 matches

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