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The word 'moist'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
moistOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.1109
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of moist in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Haggis tasting notes, and whisky pairings, (Brisk Northerly 2019) Orkney, blog
Hieland haggis is especially moist and mealy, wae powerful aroma
1 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
an the moist-pinted lips on page 25

1 matches

(South) East Central

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
rnaway black puddin. Nice and moist ??(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@EamonnReynolds michelle moist n stevie lou n vicki peach r (2020) twitter link
ielou xxx - is that michelle moist oot the frame noo lol - o ha (2020) twitter link

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
sits exactly whaur the warm, moist Adriatic air meets the cauld
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Saft as a moth's wing on moist velvet ribbons on page 131

1 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
y crust, syne hinnie faulds o moist daurk - on page 38

1 matches

South East (Borders)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
Gane ti get a bit moist up the verish the day. #rainf(2012)

General Ulster

Stewart, Kenny The Bread Van, (Facebook 2020) Ulster, poetry
And when ye bit intae that moist saft pastry an the sweetness
1 matches

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