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The word 'lightnin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
lightninOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.21711
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
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 23 5 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 2
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 lightnin in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
re no been struck bi a bolt a lightnin. I tink I can safely gying up on page 52

1 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
o the storm. Crackit twice by lightnin, the thing crashit doon in a on page 118

1 matches

TheChielMeister Philomena and Alcohol, (youtube.com 2010) Doric, poetry
W'll brak oot the white lightnin' and w'll a' suin hae oor fil
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
He's closin in oan us at lightnin speed. So, ah try tae bloack on page 112

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
rother - a wis oan the white lightnin then n the j & b whiskies whe (2020) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
n her heid swift as a glist o lightnin.' on page 92
there. Like lightnin, Lavender got her pencil-case on page 134
rstaund. It wis like glisks o lightnin. Wee waffs o lightnin seemed on page 158

4 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
lightnin struck and a shiver ran up Ji
1 matches

Dundee

Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
time if there’s thunder an lightnin in th’ air, ye kin see hur
1 matches

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
orearm is splashed wi a yella lightnin bolt tattoo. It's faded and o on page 18

1 matches

General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
oomed God wi added thunder an lightnin effect. 'Ye were a fair thraw on page 49

2 matches

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
rulers. Wan o the boys did a lightnin manoeuvre an slapped the ithe on page 43

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
Thunder an lightnin in Embra the nicht. It's abso(2020)
Ah think Ah jist saw lightnin. ???(2020)

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