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The word 'messin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
messinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.41815
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 14.6 6 6
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 20.5 4 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 messin in Corpus

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
ne an inta a car. Der wis nae messin wi mam.
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
ermer's flat oot noo he's nae messin.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
use awbody pits their neb in, messin in yer business. An whit they on page 1

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
But the Duchess, there's nae messin on page 34

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ated behind his desk. Ah'm no messin likes, this wanker looks like on page 125

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
erate). And there's nae fancy messin! on page 97

1 matches

McFarlane, Ishbel Does Scotland compare weil wi ither places fir wee bairnies?, (The National 2019) Central, newspaper
ntile – ma breistmilk isnae messin). Sax month syne at this exac
1 matches

@ricky_ballboy tweeted
Jings. @scoresjournal isnae messin. Thare’s a haip o gallus scr (2020) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
s employees wi his meddlin an messin. Day eftir day Jock wuid be u on page 34

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
in Tad an his mates wis juist messin aroon wi his heid. They were
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n how it’s a fuckin liberty messin aboot wae a man ay ma age fur
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
wae mad exotic jungle sounds messin wae ma buzz afore Breaking in
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ae the wrang crowd an started messin aboot wae the drugs. Died bec
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
that? Never mind, he wis just messin aboot.’ ah sais an we turn
1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Nae messin aboot, the giant goat stertit on page 14

1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
.. It was nice and quiet, nae messin' aboot.. :) Jaiket's hingin' (2022) twitter link

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
odinks79 @star_welsh Well nae messin aboot hen get oan the bevvy y (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
e, the Cleyhole gulls tak nae messin!(2020)