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The word 'pished'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pishedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.64124
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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 131 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 4
WCE - West Central 23 5 3
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 50.1 11 2
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 1
LAL - General Central 9.3 7 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 49.9 4 2
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 pished in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@FaeFoggie tweeted
eed to ging to bed or fa ower pished ??(2019)

Mid Northern B

@McGoo1888 tweeted
Pished...wi Whiskey in the jar oan.. (2022) twitter link

General Northern

@sovereigndaisy tweeted
@Missgabillard Heard that, pished masel laffin. Some fuckin zoo(2019)

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
originalfm wee'd? Ah near oan pished ma breeks?(2017)
fingerd dram O' @GlenGarioch Pished SuperHero 1 Smoarin' Cauld 0(2015)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
at's because maist folk were pished nae doobt! ?? https://t.co/xB(2018)
inging aff the end o’the bar pished! ????????(2019)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
nd Craig will awready be half pished and oan their tenth line ae s on page 67

1 matches

Letford, William Bevel, (Carcanet 2012 ISBN: 978 1 84777 192 6) Central - Stirling, poetry
a end up pished
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@cwilk123 Naw, they were pished too ??(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
e there the plonkers that get pished oan a couple o pints - the t (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
said Charlene, She'll be too pished tae be bothern aboot me. on page 61
an ambulance but she wis that pished that she couldnae stop laughi on page 63
t, ah tolt her, Sittin gettin pished when yir meantae be lookin af on page 169

3 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
fleeing (though dis that mean pished or takin tae the air or runni
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
ur two urrs, an' three pairts pished whin A lumburt oot e' ri pub
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
sh a dish? Wull ei aye-wiz be pished. on page 100

1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
s, towards: "Right, let's git pished." The guys fae Iona's schuil on page 3

10 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ma wee brur’s bike? Ah wis pished.’ Ah hud tae fight the comp
1 matches

Ayrshire

Wallace, Lorna Tae A Selfie, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2014) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Facebook an’ postin’ when pished).
Am pished, nae doot.
2 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
pished again on page 51
he's pished oot his brens and he's stervi on page 77

2 matches

@ionafyfe tweeted
Pished weans everywhere. https://t.c(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
@MissPotkin He luiks pished.(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
Miggins Jings Bob, ah verneer pished ma breeks laughing at that tw(2020)

@LowEndJardo tweeted
lly annoyed that av sat n got pished masel but oor megs fell aslee (2021) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
b fu' o' whisky and beer. Too pished tae ken whaur he wis, he lift (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
k. #truescotsman #wulliesoot #pished(2012)
@hornet_2011 @cammyrudkin pished by ony chance sal ?(2012)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
nything oot these, ?? cos ahm pished atm! https://t.co/6aF93WTmQr(2020)
ry My bad, ma thumb’s aim is pished due tae many drams!(2020)