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The word 'crashin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
crashinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus62015
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 2
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 1
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 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)
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 crashin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
he black watters, thrashin an crashin in the dark depths o The Divv on page 21

1 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Smashin an crashin doon till his lair, on page 22

2 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
urple and he brocht his neive crashin doon on his desk. 'Get out!' on page 17

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Northwords Now 45 - The Win, (Northwords Now 2024) Doric - Peterhead, prose
aa, hingin owre the dunderin, crashin, croonin soun o the sea’s l
1 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
if she wis on the bevy, afore crashin intae the waa, slidin doon an on page 35
time, afore the Big Tent came crashin doon. Everybody that is, exce on page 99

2 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
tor when some doolie hus been crashin the gears so that they're aw on page 16

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Sales o 'Tonic Wine' went crashin, Doon throu the flair, on page 30

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
p, an the hail jing-bang came crashin doun. Baith thae lads were wa on page 108

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
icipated wave ae sorrow comes crashin doon oan me. Like a tsunami u
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
too much gear" "Any chance of crashin wi you the night...Ah've nae on page 3

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
n the midst of the thunderin, crashin waves as they come and go, wa
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
, where ah’ve been staiyin. Crashin wae an auld mate, Damo.
1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
ives. An' guess whit? Ye come crashin' doon an' end up richt back w on page

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
a solid sheet, and then gaed crashin doon intae a bilin, birlin wh on page 73
and the maist awfie soond o crashin widd and brekkin tiles cam fa on page 164

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
ain bedroom and there she wis crashin up through the flair like a p on page 46

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
e cleek tae onythin, and came crashin back doon. Her hert stoondin, on page 119

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
engaged and in love. Wee Jack crashin doon the platform on his bike on page 79

1 matches

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