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The word 'lossin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
lossinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.83222
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 46.5 8 4
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 32.8 3 2
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 4
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 8 6 4
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 lossin in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
orse," said da Gryphon, kinda lossin patience: "ony sea-flech coul on page 103
tirs first," said da Gryphon, lossin patience: "hit taks datten a on page 104
erse," da Gryphon said ageen, lossin patience: "hit starts 'I pass on page 106

3 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
ld ean hed a terrible trachle lossin baith her man an her boys. A on page 17
li, da owld priest - wha wis lossin his sicht, ee nicht led him d on page 21

2 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
century startit lossin da hindmaist - n. Bi da 15t on page 63

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
he tink her dat haandless fur lossin da mindin on page 66

1 matches

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
/wan' an fae da 12t C startit lossin da hidmaist - n. By da 15t C

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
iz jist silly wee things like lossin keys or scorchin clyse. then
1 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
ctor. 'Haud yir horses! We're lossin aa sinse o proportion here. O on page 82

2 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
tae themsels even fan they're lossin. A new Mestalla stadium has b on page 3

1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Fan I git auler, lossin ma hair, mony years frae noo on page 135

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
But wi aa iss we're lossin sicht o Ailice's collogue wi on page 13
n wi your list o names, ye're lossin time." on page 41

2 matches

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
is noo faur frae cantie aboot lossin hes best pal. Mind, in the en on page 32

1 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
r o the language—we are aye lossin a few words. My son and my st
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
tour" ti mean "run fast", the lossin o "b"'s efter "m"'s, perfit m
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
days, the'r aye the danger o lossin sicht o language aw thegither
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
d. She wis still scunnered at lossin the soond on the TV. on page 90

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
glie lown. Sae Auld Harden is lossin his rowthie life, an his ladd on page 138

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
There's yin currency lossin value faster than the pound,
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
back tae a habitation, efter lossin sae muckle in the bleeze, he
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
an lossin thaimsels ere thay dinnae ken on page 13

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
a pal of Tommy's, then? Ah'm lossin track of who everybody is. Th
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
r born days, an she felt like lossin the heid wi it. on page 44

1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
is the words thairsels at wis lossin form, wi thair shape an sindr on page 31

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
e'd been gey dishertent efter lossin a heap o siller in a law-plea on page 6

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
tlefu, 'the auld doo winna be lossin ony fedders efter she's had a on page 28

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
n loco parentis laldy. But by lossin theirsels in their favourite on page 69
se, tae jouk the punishment o lossin yer sister, and tae win the r on page 109

2 matches

@Sinethugcat tweeted
n trees, rippin oot hedges... lossin aa their topsoil...??????? (2021) twitter link

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