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The word 'lissen'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
lissenOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.7126
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.2 6 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 lissen in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
'Lissen ye tae me, loon, ther's a gyp on page 84

1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
ll Addy aboot it bit he widna lissen.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
bye," Cherlie telt him, "Nou lissen, son, I'm gaun ti speir o Cro on page 26

3 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
“An wull ye lissen tae this anaw ...” She haud
Lissen, she cuin ca hersel Donnert t
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
double decker jonny - dinnae lissen tae the milky bar kid lol (2020) twitter link

General Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
"Lissen son, I'm tellin ye noo - ye' on page 65

2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
"Lissen ah'm no telling ye agane." El on page 66

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Gillen, Charles Whun A’ The Kye Had Names, (Ullans Press 2005) Ulster, poetry
For I dinnae lissen first time roon, well naw as
1 matches

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