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The word 'dein'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
deinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92210
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B 393.1 3 2
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 62 14 5
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 dein in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Mitchell, Kiera Fit why nae?, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
Am I dein it oot o spite?
She's dein athin for ma! Athin!
2 matches

Mid Northern B

Harvey, Lewis Crash, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
wifie wi the lolly pop stick dein her usual, bawlin her heid of
1 matches

Martin, Keiron Ma Worst Nicht Oot, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
oo the rest o the family were dein. She telt me a aboot how Jami
ither twa were baith fine and dein weel, so that wis something.
2 matches

General Northern

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Aa come fae dein a 180, on page 35

1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
50_duncan @dundeeunitedfc You dein a coupon? Fit een? (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
soccer sex war? Fit yank wiz dein the heedlines ana? Soccer!(2020)

@daleser23 tweeted
se tho. Due hame thursday but dein an extra week OT #quality(2014)
hahaha. Maks a change fae him dein mine(2013)
Bleu_Innes boost. Kane fit im dein later(2013)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
ky work o that. If it hid bin dein in auld Scots I'd hae struggl(2020)
Some eese min. ?????? Nivver dein draabore mortice and tenon's (2020)
@cligeey Thank Christ I wiz dein a job for ma mate the day. Wi(2020)
s Ower much faaf. An canna be dein wi yon microwave stuff they c(2020)
rd tae explain awa, fin she's dein e books.(2020)
and 3 other occurrences.

General Central

@Chazzbat tweeted
hoosans o folk gettin sick an dein is gey inconvenient, innit(?)(2020)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
SISYPHUS WHUT YA DEIN THA MORROW? on page 30

2 matches

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