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The word 'roastin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
roastinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.42416
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 41 9 6
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 9.3 7 5
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 roastin in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
here. An Ah'd raither face a roastin fae the Admiralty than eyn up on page 41

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Rise tae see the sin jist roastin het,
1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
Hercules wis roastin. He needit a drink or he wis on page 42

1 matches

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
A couldnae smell ri lamb roastin' whin A gote hame an' A hud t
1 matches

Dundee

Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
intae his study; there wis a roastin hot fire cracklin in the neuk
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ed be a fire, whaur flesh wis roastin, an flat breids wis bakin owe
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
suddenly turned Leith intae a roastin hoat day in Barbados. It’s
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ves, an, seein as the haw wis roastin hot, kept fannin hersel aw th on page 18

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
The wee chubby lad hawns me a roastin hoat can ae Tennent's. 'Wit's on page 10

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
a wee laugh before takin the roastin that's comin the night n the on page 49
ae numb the fuckin inevitable roastin A wis gonnae git. It hud work on page 51

2 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
wears inside even though it's roastin. He grins an flashes me the i on page 3

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
Ma nose twitches. It's a roastin August day, and the bugger hu on page 7

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
last hawf yer lager's fuckin roastin. Gie me freezing cauld bucky on page 172

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Ah’m fuckin roastin an ma legs ur aw chafed tae f
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Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
an blouses unbuttoned under a roastin hot London sun.
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
lang as ye leeve - an in the roastin fires o the everlastin Hell t on page 47

1 matches

General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
place is doon ablow gettin a roastin.' on page 48

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ma place, hoolin peanuts for roastin and sautin. That's whit they on page 30
air aroond them - the reek o roastin coffee on page 71

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Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
dinnae even get aw sweaty and roastin. on page 24

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Ma nose twitches. It's a roastin hot August day, and the bugge on page 12

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
pookit and buskit, ready for roastin! And up ayont, hingin fae the on page 52

1 matches

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