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The word 'testin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
testinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus51610
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 14.7 11 5
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) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of testin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
hae the wee spikk aboot Aids testin – nae affa romantic, bit ne
1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
alang the schoir i the mirk, testin ilk wattir ontil he wes shair
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
robable than that, eh? he’s testin the waters and ma patience.
1 matches

Glasgow

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
“So are ye testin me?” ah ask.
1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
anaged ti tryst him again for testin asweel. The finndin wisna gui on page 20

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
beuks. For thaim that's efter testin the gemmes aforehaund, test v on page 54

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
t at this verra meenit in the Testin Chaumer nixt door. A HeedrumH on page 102
eedrum-Hodrum yestreen in the Testin Chaumer and strecht awa a muc on page 103
es on Heedrum-Hodrums in the 'Testin Chaumer, and ilka ane o them on page 112
"They're testin her tae see if she's a bad nu on page 128
n wi excitement. "This is the Testin Chaumer for ma verra latest a on page 143
Also on pages 154
6 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
beuks. For thaim that's efter testin the gemmes aforehaund, test v on page 54

1 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ffeicials no hae thair weys o testin efterhaun whit like reliance on page 4

1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
s its Celeb BB. An even thats testin fir me now!!!! X(2015)

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
baptisin aheid o me, an awfu testin tae ït's aa ower. Dae ye th on page 93

1 matches

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