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The word 'riggin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
rigginOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62113
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 22.9 7 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 4
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of riggin in Corpus

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Shetland

Sinclair, Lise Fauld up da Feddoms, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, poetry
Constellations ida riggin
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Meenie hed finally settled on riggin in her new tweed skirt an her
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Up in the riggin on page 15

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
he antrin hairst-moose in the riggin o the hoose an the steady clu
In a voice that rang tae the riggin o the laft, Jock Dow sang oot
Sabbath, an Minnie's fowk war riggin fur the fower mile haik tae t
3 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
It’s e riggin o e nicht an e twa Ions are n
It’s lang bye e riggin o e nicht an aye nae Ions ham
2 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
s on her bedside licht in the riggin o the nicht. Fin ah socht her(2019)

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
riggin. Inglis didna foirsei the fui
The riggin o Kittilskart nou gaed bak on
2 matches

West Central

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Dirlin the riggin an stillin the mird;
1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
rbar's faither a clapp on hiz riggin. on page 46

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
blak furr, an a stound in hiz riggin furby weiriet airms.
lythe airrsman, liggit on hiz riggin at the boddom o the boit, hel
2 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
room wis set in up aneath the riggin o a high five-flair tenement on page 133

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
birds reist, see, on ma riggin-heid on page 19
theik the riggin, see, wi leafs o the lillie on page 21

2 matches

Landles, William Lallans 73 - Welcome, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
That leamed frae flags to riggin, on page 57

1 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Monument, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Aye the cheingit riggin: on page 100

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
cleavin tae riggin an mast on page 42

1 matches

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