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The word 'purrin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
purrinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.12015
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 1
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 purrin in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
yes ida watter, "an shö sits purrin dat boannie-wyes bi da fire, on page 22
"I caa it purrin, no girnin," said Alice. on page 65

2 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
an da comfortin rhythm o his purrin. on page 30

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ms up as a lang pink limo cam purrin in aboot an they aa got in ow on page 57

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
t gless. The ferm kittlin wis purrin afore the fire, twa threids a
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
An wi that there comes purrin roon fae the back o the hoose on page 105

1 matches

General Northern

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 58 - The Bothy Loon, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
he clootie rug afore the fire purrin awa. She aye gied me a cuppie on page 124

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
a affa braw hoose (Hanna wis purrin like a kitten) that
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
pool, "an she jist sits there purrin that nice nex tae the fire, l on page 22
"Ah'd caw it purrin, no growlin," said Alice. on page 64

2 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ig belter ae a red Tesla come purrin’ in n parkin’ opposite. T
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ukt in the puil, "an she sits purrin by the fire, lickin her paws on page 21
"Id eaa it purrin, no growlin," said Alison. on page 44

2 matches

General Central

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
purrin like a cat - on page 35

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ee cat tae her an it cooried, purrin.
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
boot in th pool, "an she sits purrin sae nicely b' th fire, lickin on page 21
"Ah ca eet purrin, no growlin," said Ahlice. on page 63

2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
purrin... on page 163

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
"A caal it purrin, naw growlin," said Alice. on page 64

1 matches

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