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The word 'buzzing'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
buzzingOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.3118
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 2
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 buzzing in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
oon yea cood heer, bleepin an buzzing, cummen fae thi wireless rece on page 5

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
show of respect. Wi her heed buzzing she hoped she could remember
1 matches

General Northern

@beast_afc tweeted
Buzzing fur @AberdeenFC v @dundeeunit(2020)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Ma heed's buzzing wee the wife nipping it. Told(2017)
Heid buzzing the day efter nicht out wi Be(2017)
ements church hall. Place wis buzzing yon nicht(2018)

General Central

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
nights everything a think is buzzing around in ma heid and it just(2020)

@_Erinboyle_ tweeted
of the big yin could greet?? Buzzing, get it watched 10:25 BBC One (2020) twitter link
s up tae you. Either way, I'm buzzing at the traction. Keep sharing (2021) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
The weather's buzzing, magic, ace! Nae need fir dis on page 77

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
bolts an arras buzzing aboot on page 60

1 matches

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