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The word 'hangin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
hanginOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.33321
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
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 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central 32.2 7 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.4 10 6
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 42.2 3 3
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of hangin in Corpus

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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Hangin oot wi flowers for a half hou(2019)
Is it nuts dat I'm hangin oot my claes on da line afore(2016)

General Northern

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ae better things tae dae than hangin aroond wi some stinky tramp o on page 74

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
tap o a young silver birch an hangin fae it, upside doon by one le
1 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
pile o rubble wi half a roof hangin aff an tottie wee windaes tha on page 20

1 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
greet cos the laddies was aw hangin aboot. But they saw ye haudin
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
t oot homewise m8 but al no b hangin aboot wae ma comments if am n (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
he high school an she started hangin aboot wi Kelly Marie Walker a on page 28
whit it wid be like tae no be hangin aboot wi her. Chris cawed me on page 79
Ah endet up hangin aboot wi this guy called Rich on page 163
e folk ah know are banned fae hangin aboot there, Why don't yi tel on page 169

5 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
obs an ah doant want ma dotir hangin aboot wi his riffraff sun. on page 41

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Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
he dug deid ‘n’ in pieces hangin fae the gutter, tore limb fra
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Wa’ scrapin', paper hangin',
- PAPER HANGIN' BLUES!
ced, “An’ there wis a BRA hangin’ frae the lights!” At whi
3 matches

Glasgow

Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
avin her here hersel. The low-hangin ceilin light above us kept sh
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
“Oan it,” ah say, hangin up.
1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
r oan a late nicht bus, strap-hangin' and squashed unner sum gadgi on page

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Waddell, John Lallans 59 - Eve and the Aipple, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
e that's got weel-kent, aince hangin cam intae fashion. An it wis on page 89

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
h get oot the toilet, Dante's hangin aroond by the lockers ootside on page 41

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
is normally like rats' tails, hangin ower ma face, which is why ah on page 39
o ma bed and the green blind hangin above ma tiny window. Ah cann on page 83

2 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 59 - Eve and the Aipple, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
e that's got weel-kent, aince hangin cam intae fashion. An it wis on page 89

1 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
tellt thaim tae git on wi his hangin.

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
mair arrests, or torture, or hangin.

@IshbelMcF tweeted
I'm hangin at the Cameo. Wannae hang wi (2016)

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
zieb @jojodinks79 @star_welsh Hangin tae the left but that's how a (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
he left the question sort ae hangin there. on page 80

1 matches

General Ulster

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Tha maid wus in tha gerdin hangin oot tha claes on page 31

1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
The aul eldrich hangin tree o Ballygellick: came doo (2014) twitter link

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
Dug was runnin aboot we a leg hangin oot her mooth?????? (2021) twitter link

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