A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'explodin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
explodinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.487
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 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 explodin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
keyboard like a hail o explodin orange peel. Her nails war th
1 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
itchen involvin the microwave explodin aifter I tried tae cook a tat
1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
ptych explorin the history an explodin the myths o the last twa thoo
1 matches

(South) East Central

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
s Wullie Mcgloan. Like a cork explodin fae a bordle, folk stertit ta on page 7

1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
their heids are in danger o' explodin' oot frae unner their bunnets on page

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
EXPLODIN SWEETIES FOR YER ENEMIES. on page 137

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
d it be, this stottin tip-tap explodin beezer for Grannie? on page 12

1 matches

Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
o the SNP an Scottish Greens explodin. Gin Labour hadna abandoned s
1 matches

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