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The word 'booin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
booinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.2179
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 26.2 8 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
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) 176.7 2 1
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 booin in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
rs wi dat sam, an dey startit booin doon ta da Keeng, da Wheen, d on page 82

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
yntin te far Eric wis stannin booin is elba an newsin up the bit on page 18
"ERSE?" suggestit Beldie, booin ower an wagglin er dock in th on page 73
meenister, claspin is hans an booin is heid. on page 77
y, Fobie, maan," said Walter, booin ower the grave. He claaed it on page 78

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
a neest door te me?" he said, booin is heid an gettin te wirk oan on page 9

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ava, anely a scrunt o a tree, booin ower the watter like a craggy
as ye tak sicht o the quines booin ower the fish"
eign bairn was back…she wis booin ower Miss Vining….skirl eft
3 matches

General Northern

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 58 - The Bothy Loon, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
le. I wis stuck there aa day, booin and scrapin tae aa the wifies on page 124

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
storm ragin at its heicht, an booin the beech trees like they war on page 51

1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
makkin a reeng roon iz, afore booin thair heids doon, syne drawin on page 22

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
is booin doon oor shooders sair on page 68

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
uckleness commands!" he said, booin doon til his neb nearhaun tou on page 96

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
eve grand wirds that maitter, booin tae neither croon nor steeple on page 77

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Yit ivery booin brench o the sally, on page 4
Ower the stick brig, booin nerra on page 6

2 matches

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