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The word 'praisin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
praisinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.1136
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
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
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)
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) 72.7 4 1

Occurrences of praisin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
lowsed an he begun tae spik, praisin God. Aa e neepers were dumfoo on page 81
een lyin on an gaed awa hame, praisin God. E fowk were aa dumfooner on page 88
got his sicht an follaed him, praisin God. An aa e fowk tee praised on page 111
t aa their time i the Temple, praisin an Issin God. on page 121

4 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
other day. THE WHO constantly praisin they'm fur their conduct ever on page 54

1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
e media in ma held, o anybody praisin Scotland as a special
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
other day. THE WHO contantly praisin them fur their conduct ever s
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Ay’ praisin’ skill, no’ pointin’ bl
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ousans, tae the conventicles; praisin the Lord an getherin resolve on page 26

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
angels, tha airmies o haiven, praisin God an sayin, on page 72
ïs beddin, an went aff hame, praisin God. The' cud harlie believe on page 78
i joy, tha hale lock o thaim, praisin God for aa tha miracles the' on page 102

4 matches

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