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The word 'lightin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
lightinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.3117
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 35.9 7 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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) 58.1 1 1
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 lightin in Corpus

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General Northern

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
wa fur ower an hour, the host lightin up like a Christmas tree wi t on page 77

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
t shrugged her aff an startet lightin up a fag. Charlene's busy, ah on page 169

1 matches

Dundee

Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
nder. Yin time, whilst ah wis lightin the oil lamps afore tea, he h
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
he boys fags oot his packet n lightin them. WAIT N SEE IT SCHOOL, Y on page 20

1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
is still illuminatit by strip-lightin tho Egg, the manageress, hiz
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
that fuckin door.’ he sais, lightin a fag an offerin me wan.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
them up fae the mantle piece, lightin wan.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e gaun.’ he sais, smilin an lightin a joint, inhalin deeply.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Lightin the pipe, ah puff away, watch
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ais, pointin at McDade, afore lightin a fag she pulls fae a twinty
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Lightin aip tha land, on page 40

1 matches

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