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The word 'sprayin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sprayinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.6129
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 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 15.4 3 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 1
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)

Occurrences of sprayin in Corpus

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Shetland

Manson, Finnley Wir Beach, (Scots Hoose 2017) Shetland, weans
Sprayin up ower da beach.
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
n Setterday efterneen she wis sprayin the roses an Grandad wis snoo on page 94

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
ago. (Sprayin kills the knott girse noo a d
1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
n stertit gluggin the watter, sprayin the bluid, sweat an clart aff
1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
auld Zephyr. He micht've been sprayin weedkiller. But no in the gut on page 1

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
an gie ower this incessant sprayin.
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
, sword an’ dirk. Cannister sprayin’ us withoot mercy, then at
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ective Equipment!’ he sais, sprayin me wae the words. Nae danger
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
lcohol flies through the air, sprayin oer people. Naeboady cares th
n screamin in ma face, saliva sprayin oer me in concurrence. Ah gra
2 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
As the chocolate waves are sprayin on page 96
A machine wi white pooder sprayin oot o it like a snawstorm ... on page 140

2 matches

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