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The word 'annoying'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
annoyingOccurrences 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
DOR - General Northern 31 7 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 1
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)
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 annoying in Corpus

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General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
t Lab point scoring is fuckin annoying. (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
e smugglers. Ya wouldnae mind annoying subs an tactics if every noo (2020)

@cligeey tweeted
At clouds been annoying me a nicht https://t.co/LP3ZF(2020)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
@SmartEnergyGB Fit, we her annoying voice and chit chat! Nae chun(2018)
he boy presenting it! Flaming annoying loon. As bad as yon Loose Wif(2018)
The maist annoying blooming advert on TV just no(2019)

(South) East Central

Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
"He was annoying me. He was my class enemy." on page 83

1 matches

West Central

Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
Wee sisters are affa annoying maist o the time. Fit iver th
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
pplause ay the festie, almost annoying. It doesnae feel earned. on page 3

2 matches

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