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The word 'smashin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
smashinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus18.46129
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.9 5 3
WCE - West Central 26.6 6 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 30.1 6 3
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 34.2 26 7
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
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) 71.4 2 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of smashin in Corpus

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Shetland

Manson, Finnley Wir Beach, (Scots Hoose 2017) Shetland, weans
Da waves smashin da rocks
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Smashin an crashin doon till his lair on page 22

1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
ae Finechty. Their loon wis a smashin' artist. Canna mine yons name(2019)

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
zie A Squatter o Bairnrhymes. Smashin, @StuartPoet (2020) twitter link

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
eam bun? He’d murder me for smashin his boat!”
1 matches

General Northern

Wheeler, Leslie Brockit, the Ferm Toon Cat, (Grampian Regional Council 2000) Doric, weans
efter tellin his mither fit a smashin day he'd hin, he wint up tae
there are times fin it's jist smashin bein a sivven year aul loon!
2 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
really wis a smashin day, the water on the loch wi
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ay ah musta been shaggin her. Smashin." on page 57
oan toap ae the table is the smashin ae gless oan the manky lookin on page 81

2 matches

Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
ay ah musta been shaggin her. Smashin.
1 matches

MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Ah fell, mah heid smashin against th' auld flair. A dis
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
efter the gers beat them and smashin awe the windaes in a chippy - (2021) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
d Kelly Marie, Aye yi'll look smashin, said Charlene, Won't she Kir on page 23
opped though cause Karen kept smashin aw the plates, so ma ma wid g on page 141

2 matches

@annieones tweeted
'sae refreshin ma Scots laid. Smashin ?????????????? https://t.co/Y (2021) twitter link
@Lenniesaurus It's smashin tha ye noo feel sae mich mair (2021) twitter link
@Lenniesaurus Smashin! Yer a wee stoater, weil dun (2021) twitter link
@Lenniesaurus Smashin ?? (2021) twitter link

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
He waved tae the men wha were smashin thaim up tae cairry on.
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Ah’m still set oan huvin a smashin time wae Bruce despite no bei
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
'Fuckin smashin name, hen.' on page 22

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
eavin the two ay thum soundin smashin. Mair polite applause. I look on page 3

2 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Aye, that’s smashin, but if that’s us, ah’m j
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ight doon the middle it goes, smashin Tam’s bool wae a glancing b
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
histlin through the air afore smashin wae a crushin impact intae th
1 matches

Ayrshire

Wallace, Lorna Tae A Selfie, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2014) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Am lookin’ smashin; whit a stunner!
1 matches

Wallace, Lorna An Ode Tae Tinder, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2020) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Yet, smashin’ as it aw appears,
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
'Och, wid it no be jist smashin if I foond the third Gowden T on page 31
k gangsters are braw. They're smashin! Especially when they stert p on page 40
ye, I'd love tae go. It'd be smashin. But on the ither haun ... I on page 61
Are they no smashin?' on page 78
gum! It's a stick o the maist smashin and mervellous and fantoosh c on page 106

6 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
Iona. (Shoots) 'at'd be smashin! on page 5

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
Judge Strauss smiled. "It's smashin tae see some young fowk that on page 39
uss, wha they aw agreed wis a smashin neebour and in whase library on page 45
The wird "blate" is a smashin yin, but it disnae really des on page 74
, and it's by this absolutely smashin scriever cawed Al Foncoot. We on page 75

4 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Smashin hoose windaes and scratchin t on page 5

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
sh place names are anither ‘smashin’ exemple o this phenomenon;
1 matches

@Cobradile94 tweeted
Smashin! A wiss A wis as fast as this(2019)
s but A howp iveryb'dy haes a smashin time!(2019)
A howp iveryb'dy haed a smashin time at the #ScotsLA! https:/(2019)
ai-con on Seturday, an haed a smashin time! https://t.co/zdxc7M6SCc(2018)
Smashin! A Norn poem on ma timeline! (2019)
and 6 other occurrences.

@ClashCityClarky tweeted
a isnae, eh - Matthew Fitt's smashin Scots translation o The Snawm(2020)
Whit a smashin readin o Gerda Stevenson's po(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ang th passage intae th maist smashin gairden ee've e'er seen. She on page 11

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Evie OOR WULLIE’S SEASON’S GREET, (Largs Writers Group 2015) Central - Largs, prose
jist as colourful. Thur wis a smashin epic Broons poyum fae Kate wh
1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
youse are aheid o oor gemme, smashin. Hoo can Ah get haud o yin if(2020)

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Changed in tae a smashin blonde, on page 19

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Cromie, Willie Doon tha Wal Raa, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1739905620) Ulster - Ballywalter, prose
stairs, smashin tha bennister an rails as it
roar oot o it an there wus a smashin o timmer as tha post gien wie
2 matches

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