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The word 'arguin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
arguinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.5158
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 1
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 25.1 5 4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 3
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 arguin in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
in a wee place. If thur's ony arguin, then it's yin faimly against on page 1

2 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
n ma diet. Thir wis nae point arguin wi her so ah jist said, Why d on page 136

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
fankles tae shut doon Scots, arguin on the basis that Scots exclu
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
wance wioot waitin fir turns, arguin aw the while, an fightin aer on page 82
ayin the Queen never left oaf arguin wae the ither players, an sho on page 91

2 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
Ah don't like arguin wi Dolly. It's easy enough, a on page 16

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
arguin an scoffin ice cream an candy on page 28

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
y, there wisnae much point in arguin wi the lamas, they just kept
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
excitit. 'Dinnae staund there arguin! I'm as keen as you are tae f on page 42

1 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
t convinced he wis richt that arguin wi him wis oot the question.

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
eachin complicatit sermons an arguin aboot hoo the Word shud be in
r lugs wi theology as weel as arguin amang themsels.

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
n sae shair he wis richt that arguin wi him wis oot the question.

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
ld see there wis nae point in arguin wi her so ah turnt roon and w
1 matches

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