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The word 'inspirin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
inspirinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.91312
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 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 5
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 10 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of inspirin in Corpus

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General Northern

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
Nae exactly inspirin, ah thocht luikin at the pict on page 41

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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 73 - Obituary for David Ogston, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
he ootcum wes eimaginative an inspirin. It wes later publisht in 'Li on page 12

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North East Central

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
ourism takkin an active role, inspirin, an peyin fir new airt an cre
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
es; his first encoonter wi an inspirin dominie, Miss Anderson; his f
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Inspirin' us tae up an' try,
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
AE FUCK CELLIC!’ he shouts, inspirin a few mare phrases tae the sa
1 matches

General Central

Anderson, Elizabeth Lallans 59 - OBITUARY : ALISTAIR TAYLOR 1928 - 2001, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
y folk festivals an concerts, inspirin ithers wi his enthusiasm. on page 4

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Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
s. Shuirly naitur’s ain awe-inspirin cathedrals! Beauty wioot pric
ld toun causie stanes. Sic an inspirin sicht!
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Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
Centre’s (SLC) ootstaunin, inspirin an, oweraw, consistent wabste
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@Chazzbat tweeted
DiagnosisDetectives is really inspirin. It shows thit thir ur answer(2020)

@LairnScots tweeted
@scottishbktrust talkin aboot inspirin wee yins wi the Bookbug app a (2019) twitter link

General Ulster

HRConnect Candidate Wittens Beuklet, (Northern Ireland Executive 2025) Ulster, government
We ir leukin tae tak' oan an inspirin'boadie wha baes passionate ab on page 4

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