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The word 'bain'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bainOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.64115
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 68.7 21 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 63.7 6 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 bain in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
for you an me. You go tae yir bain an cuddle him tight. Aye, Bes on page 77

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
cood heer thi preesher rennin bain thi pype's jist afoar eit gid on page 5
jic smeyl ther wid be, cummen bain fae thi skulerie. Eis we crow on page 6
aift tae see a stowie skimmen bain thi tap o thi waater an heede on page 10
d been rippen heer aa mornen, Bain baith syde's o wer fleet a ne on page 19
er oot aw nicht eit thi net's bain eit thi Saan's a Neebra," a s on page 26
Also on pages 31, 32, 37, 41, 46, 47, 64, 65, 68
15 matches

Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
Ere goes Callum troddin bain the road fan he hears his mam
ter Callum’s kickin a steen bain the pathy fan he looks up an
n he gets a fare clook reight bain i face. A little clook isna g
n untied sheen Callum wanners bain the street in nae hurry fitso
s homework baggie, she skerls bain i hoose "NO, dinna tell me yo
5 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Canna wait tae read Shuggie Bain https://t.co/MmW7HCXITI (2020) twitter link

General Northern

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
ay it "ben" sounds mair like "bain". Maybe jist us lot.(2020)

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
' "A Scots Grammar" (Bell and Bain, 1997, ISBN o 85411 068 2).
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
“Its a bain. We bigg thaim wirsells. It s
“We cry it a bain eftir its fyndar.”
lin keichen plenishins, oens, bain
3 matches

West Central

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
great Shetlan fiddler Dr Aly Bain MBE haes ruisit the TMSA Fest on page 56

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
her. Her name wis Lesley Ann Bain by loadsa folk called her Les on page 126

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
her, the Chief Harpooner Alex Bain somehou managit tae coup his on page 41
day Wille Christie expired an Bain an Toshie realised that they on page 42

6 matches

General Central

McCabe, Mary Lallans 73 - Soond shift, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
sin the time o day wi aul Tam Bain on page 49

1 matches

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Ballad o an Irish student, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
when Donnie Bain sailed up the Foyle
1 matches

@bigandymccoll tweeted
ra's been saying, and slating Bain. If there's any touting atwee (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
the Hoscote Estate wis ae Mr. Bain. A’ve juist brocht tae mynd
n an wrocht it his uncle, Mr. Bain’s sawmill yonner. George,
2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Aly Bain an Norman MacCaig Gartcosh, S on page 77

1 matches

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