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The word 'bing'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bingOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.84122
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 38.4 15 4
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 14.7 11 9
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) 176.7 2 1
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 bing in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
arkaeolojist's sheuched in a bing o slaets an mummlan uncan for on page 114

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
a door, an da man hentin in a bing a tins an bags. An dan shü s on page 16

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
up an milk shaks at micht hiv bing success, bit Winnie thocht at on page 16

1 matches

Aberdeen

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
"Ay, A hiv a wee bing ootby, A gaithert it this eft on page 99

1 matches

General Northern

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - A keik at the Swedish game o bandy, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
cots an the Swedes (an a hail bing o ither fowk forby) focht the
1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
le o them, a big broon bowfin bing o manure that went aw the wey on page 23

1 matches

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
pub reekin like an auld redd bing wi pipes an fags gaein fule b on page 27

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
Stoddart, Mingin Mackinzie an Bing Crosbie! Aa tyauvin thegither on page 26

11 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
jist gie him his prize, he'd bing up the road. They widnae let on page 94

2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@HPSelf google x /firefox x/bing x/yahoo x - brave oh yes - (2020) twitter link

West Central

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
makkin a bing o stanes ayont the heid-rigg. on page 129
rogues hes swallt tae a haill bing; on page 144

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
wis born at 'The bottom o the bing', on page 80
h've mind ah walked owre that bing evri day, on page 81

2 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
branglin on tap o the compost bing.
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
a wee boy fell intae a burnin bing on page 118

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
There's aye ettercaps in meal bing' said Obed. 'But it wisna ett on page 16

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
forrit ettlin tae win up the bing o saund tae abin the scrogs t on page 59

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
y in. They went past a muckle bing o clart whaur the Royal on page 18

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
n wi the shelt bringin hame a bing o tangle for the lazybeds wha on page 62

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
Nou the bing's levellt, hauf a century on page 107

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ert in stour frae aff the pit bing. Thai shiftit fower mile, fra
ert in stour frae aff the pit bing. Sae thair wisnae muckle chey
ose wi a muckle, reekin, redd bing louring ower the veelage, smo
3 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
entry afore the 20th century. Bing Crosby and his ilk micht no h
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 59 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, newspaper
mails is aa in a steer, or a bing bi nou, waitin on the morn th
1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
urRichard Gies yer ideas then Bing Bong. Nane? Thought so.(2020)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Bing'd sticks bleezed roon dulled on page 26

1 matches

Fenton, James A' it taks, (Ullans Press 2000) Ulster, poetry
wat-lint hoag frae a seeplin bing
1 matches

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