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The word 'pintin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pintinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.1209
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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 120.3 11 3
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 pintin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Anne examined the waas pintin oot a the flaws She girnt an on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
amon the Cuprinol fin be wis pintin the fince." on page 13
Ronnie Hinnersin wis nae ile-pintin. Some folk aiven gaed e, Jar on page 48

2 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
an read a beuk? Or fit aboot pintin anither picter? Picters wi sn on page 29
wee runt? A bra pinter an aa. Pintin's been the wey oot for him, n on page 32
n smirkin ahin their haan. Me pintin an grummlin, forivver ettlin on page 34
So he did mak somethin o the pintin, then?" on page 35

5 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
han', her een follyin Hilda's pintin finger. It wis a mintie or tw on page 35

2 matches

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
ed since loons A'thing noo is pintin' tae plantin trees Wha of coo on page 29

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
e back.'?" He swivelled roon, pintin tae a ploo, an a digger thing on page 87

2 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
or yer hoose while paperin or pintin
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
d o the island. Wi the driver pintin oot a'a the different
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
taed fork, pintin oot Jonsar didnae hae een. No
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
nie oor the road is oot fence pintin in a sna shooer(2020)

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
ls time true. C'mon,' he seyd pintin tae a nearhaund pub. 'Ah'l bu on page 27

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
nnerneath hud been a wee arra pintin left afore the plastic arrahe on page 1

1 matches

General Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
Thair thai ir," Fatty raired, pintin. "Tallyho. Tallyho." on page 65

1 matches

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