A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'pourin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pourinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.52419
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 15.3 6 6
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 1
GLA - Glasgow 21.7 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of pourin in Corpus

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General Northern

Benzie, Lesley Tales Fae The Doric Side - Pictur o Misery, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
fa feign interest in pourin ile on page 68

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ehind fae last weekend. Efter pourin masself a gless, ah raise it on page 18

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
e sink fer a flask an started pourin black tea intae a stained an on page 23

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
the bricht lemes wes pourin onti the machine. Bot naethin
1 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
hame. He wiz sat there in the pourin rain pissed aff, since he jus
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
n transplant at last, by pour-pourin upon his hurdies the oil o ha
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
k the cars n trains n buses r pourin intae edinburgh - the suns o (2020) twitter link

West Central

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
ght trickles ae rain were noo pourin doon. It wis quiet, aw except
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ird. His een starin, an sweit pourin doun his brou, he skittert th on page 66
ame! His cen starin, an sweit pourin doun his brou, he skittert th on page 69

2 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
while they are lookin' up I'm pourin' water doon the funnel.) Grea
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
e the flyin’ vitriol. Steam pourin’ oot his ears, Callum turne
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Yin Friday it wis pourin’ doon, A thocht, “Nae Bar
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
mare jist fuckin waitin come pourin oot mah gub. Some sick comes on page 2

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
orward, grabbin the boatle an pourin another big measure.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
s. The sauns ay time huv been pourin through the ooir-gless since
it a wee bit ay maintenance, pourin a wee tate ay petrol oot the
2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
he went on greitin awfy sair, pourin oot gallons o tears, till the on page 16

1 matches

General Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
wis gaein on, bluid pourin frae his shooder an bibblin o on page 59

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Bairns ootside, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
efter sic a miserable week o pourin rain, there wis still a muckl
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
ugs of tea, sayin rosaries an pourin oot glasses of whisky for men
1 matches

South East (Borders)

@cammyrudkin tweeted
@darrinrobson10 Stop pourin drinks ower yir heed #moonman(2012)

South West (Galloway)

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Walkin fae the station in the pourin rain on page 99

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
n makin breakfast"? she akst, pourin wairm watter intae the taypot on page 10

1 matches

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