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The word 'snash'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
snashOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.22414
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 32 3 1
LAL - General Central 11.8 9 6
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 97.6 7 3
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 snash in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
say! Feich! Deil tak aw thair snash, thai skunners at wad mak a g on page 48

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
“Ah cannae git ower the snash o’t...”
1 matches

West Central

Pennie, Len The Wheesht, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central - Greenock, poetry
So dinnae fash aboot thon snash an aw the lies they tell
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert The Wit o Solomon, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
an hid the snash tae ware hissel
1 matches

Edinburgh

Purves, Jamie Lallans 102 - Aince, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
an bieldit by the wattirs fae snash, sherp-tuithed, lang-clawed f on page 13

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
eneuch tae stert wi. But the snash frae his Normans-' Hou are da on page 25
"T'll hae nane o yer snash," said the King, "an dinnae l on page 44

2 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ir gabs steikit, thole aa the snash an thievery - an mak shuir t on page 58

1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
So dinnae fash aboot thon snash an aw the lies they tell, on page 95
let the warld wheech aw it's snash, on page 103
Ae aw yer snash. on page 104

3 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
An snash no at her nivermairrit state on page 9

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ch at here: the cracks an the snash at the fowk flings til ither on page 127

1 matches

@gordimhor1 tweeted
ies ony o yer creenge maister snash!(2019)
ts Thou shallt gie a'body yir snash especially gin they rip yir k(2020)

@fourmenterian tweeted
on Captin Kirk an' no tak ony snash frae thae Klingons(2016)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
every day. Never received any snash, only ever plaudits. Scotland (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
r gien yer best days owre tae snash on page 46
Tae the souch an the snash o ma scrievins! on page 47
the snash an thrang o Whitesands. on page 77

5 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
the soun o' yir snash, on page 103

1 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
Fur his furritsome snash
1 matches

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