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The word 'pairtin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pairtinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.71914
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 37.4 3 1
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) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of pairtin in Corpus

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
pairtin da on page 40

1 matches

Sutherland, Stella Half a Twalmont, (Shetland For Wirds 2014) Shetland, poetry
pairtin, aa carin lost,
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
uptit Rosie. "Ye widna see me pairtin wi a tenner o ma hard-eamed s on page 14
te showin is true feelins or pairtin wi yon three wee wirdies at m on page 28

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Atlantic waves sair pairtin
1 matches

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
'Haud stull,' she telt Alan, pairtin hes hair wi her free haund. on page 35

1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
alang the asphalt like Moses pairtin the watters o the Rid Sea. A on page 104

1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Guid Fences Mak Guid Neibours, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Pairtin oot trauchles as lang as ma a
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Beatrice wis gled they werena pairtin fae the Wanderers richt awa.
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
Oan Pairtin on page 22

2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
er twae tuik ony notice o her pairtin, tho she did luik ahint her y on page 44

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Hare Craig, he paused, an his pairtin smile left him. He on page 44

1 matches

General Central

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
e, it's weil kent as a sang o pairtin. Entertainers like Andy Stewa(2018)

@billykayscot tweeted
ise the Scots word shed for a pairtin o the hair on yer heid? #shed(2020)

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
22. Pairtin frae a Freind: do.
PAIRTIN FRAE A FRIEND
the sunset lyke the pairtin o auld feres
3 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
dgers gemmelt for hïs claes, pairtin thaim amang thairsels. Aa tha on page 110

1 matches

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