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The word 'swallyin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
swallyinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.4117
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 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 21.7 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire
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) 31.4 1 1
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 swallyin in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
tal, Ah suppose," said Hilda, swallyin her last moothfae o tea. "Ah on page 35

1 matches

General Northern

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ers inti the kintra, gobblin, swallyin, swallyin aa the time, gorgin on page 8

2 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
e bokin noises. Howie stopped swallyin. on page 1

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
youse,' then cries oor tink, 'Swallyin in yer troch - on page 15

1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
' the laddie said, chowin and swallyin. He finished the slice. on page 121

1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
ace ruddied wae a lifetime ay swallyin an eyes glazed wae the pain a on page 11

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
me n aw ma pals just started swallyin oot on the streets properly. on page 5
eir ain wee groups, chattin n swallyin. A kin see a few cunts n burd on page 28

2 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ace ruddied wae a lifetime ay swallyin an eyes, glazed wae the pain
1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
"Is that aal?" said Alice, swallyin doon hir anger is weel is sha on page 45

1 matches

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