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The word 'mash'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
mashOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.21410
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 26.6 6 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 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 mash in Corpus

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Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
mmmm flavoured mash on page 81

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Sanners Gow's Tales and Folklore of the Buchan - The Clootie Dummmplin!, (Ayton Publishing 2017 ISBN: 978-1910601419) Doric - Banffshire, prose
er aff anither fyang o’t an mash it doon his thrapple. Aal Joc
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
the Devil’s Peatstack in a mash o foam near hittin the tap o
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
its heed ontae the anvil and mash it wi a haimmer. “Whit?”s
1 matches

General Northern

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
Bruce: Ah've din sassage an mash, Winsome. The proablem is: Ah on page 40

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I fair like tae mash ma tatties int on page 87
hin ye can dae if ye hiv only mash on page 140
I love a bittie mash on page 193

3 matches

@sovereigndaisy tweeted
lk n butter, use the sauce to mash yer tatties wi. Serve posh wi(2019)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
fine! Better than yon Liver n mash I hid tae devour the ither da(2018)

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
ame tum as ri leg a' lamb. Ri mash, carrots an' sprouts wis aw p
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
h tae grup ony airn chisel or mash left oot in the frost, the sk on page 81

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
s lookin for ither things tae mash up wi the hairy-oobits tae ma on page 79

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
here's mine. Liver & bacon wi mash. https://t.co/zoTPrz7dUC(2020)

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