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The word 'thumpin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
thumpinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.32117
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 22.9 7 5
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 2
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 10 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of thumpin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
snappit Joyce, raxxin ower an thumpin im oan the leg. on page 42
eesic in the Coconut Club wis thumpin and Morrice's heid wis spinni on page 45
eat in a flash. His hairt wis thumpin es he made fir the phone: the on page 53

3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
she thocht it did, her hairt thumpin an stounin like a wud thing,
1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
wiz shair he wid hear ma hert thumpin, an he shuts the door again.
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
tae pit ma aff the road. The thumpin an bangin at the side o my la
1 matches

Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
lord onymair. Paul's airm wiz thumpin’ saire. His jumper wiz soak
1 matches

General Northern

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
they said. My heairt wis fair thumpin. Fit wis gan tee happen neist on page 60

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
Ma airm wis thumpin saire, richt up tae the oxter
1 matches

(South) East Central

McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
Ah heard the music thumpin oot eh the stands. Ma heed wi
1 matches

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
in the moarnin’ ma heid wis thumpin’.
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
agin. By nou he cuid hear the thumpin o his bluid loud in his lugs on page 66
agin. By nou he cuid hear the thumpin o his ain bluid an he tried t on page 69

2 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
t can only be matched wi pint thumpin an opinions thrusted an garga on page 3

1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
tin for it... ma wee hert wis thumpin for it... I'm gey shuir ] wis on page 23

1 matches

Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
a dance, and ma wee heart wis thumpin faster than yon drummer. Ye w
1 matches

General Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Ma thumpin hairt stairtit tae quell, on page 25

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
this tail-thumpin on page 21
heid thumpin, sair e'en on page 35

2 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
flown intae hur face, an was thumpin hur violently wi eets wings. on page 51

1 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
He's batin, an thumpin, an ludderin awa, on page 19

1 matches

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