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The word 'stinkin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
stinkinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.12317
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 19.6 6 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 stinkin in Corpus

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
i da toon, rowls fae a stinkin trawler. on page 69

1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
A peerie camp stove saves stinkin oot da kitchen ?? https://t.c(2020)

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ape an bung't intae their het stinkin curries on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
a naisty dose o athletes fit: stinkin, irritatin an a helluva job t on page 13
"Git oot o at! Ye stinkin divil!" Ronnie aboot fell aff on page 56

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
t as he teen in a moofu o yon stinkin incense dirt aat Joyce insist on page 12

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
oo's piddles, or the skin o a stinkin mowdie, fur a shelt hates yon
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
a dyke tae be replaced by the stinkin shell hole. Close by he could
1 matches

General Northern

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
aa up his back an wis totally stinkin." on page 94

1 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ower him, an landed on a soft stinkin mattress, which smelt o stale on page 21

1 matches

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
Sumb'dy geid me rat stinkin' heid caul' in the run up tae
uessed rat wis tae dae wi' ri stinkin' heid caul'.
2 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
An’ stinkin’ the hoose oot wi’ micraw
1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
in Stinkin Close, links in the wynds. on page 112

1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
Her peg teeth an stinkin-gin braith an the syphilitic on page 9

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
typical Scottish pub, toilet stinkin ae pish, faded tartan carpets on page 38
es ae these cunts ootside, aw stinkin ae drink n laughin. A try tae on page 39

2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
than a wife, wi aa her claes stinkin o peat reek ... an the hous w on page 71

1 matches

General Central

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Stinkin like an ash-tray, wi reek-rad on page 65

1 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Monument, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Yit na, his stinkin corp on page 101

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
hirsel bothert aboot the damp stinkin wee loabby atween the ruim an
1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ear it' because yer aw filthy stinkin rich. The rest o us? Well . .(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
ds, whae’s farted? That’s stinkin’!”
1 matches

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