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The word 'digs'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
digsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.81911
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
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 22.8 5 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 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 digs in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
s gaan tae end, returns. Sheu digs intae her pack fer the vacuum on page 73

1 matches

Shetland

Irvine, Chloe Untitled Poem, (The Scotsman 2021) Shetland - Whalsay, poetry
I dunnoo tyare if yur digs ir fur a fun,
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
d oan takin Bruce tae his new digs. The boay leads us doon a lon on page 160

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
his lyin time for tae pey his digs,' Cherlie telt him, 'The trib on page 58
that, it's in ma ruim at the digs!' His gizz lichtit up, on page 60

3 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The young yins aa peyed digs, but here's the rub on page 76

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Thi Door In Thi Digs on page 36
In thi digs, Glesgay on page 37

2 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
s ah’d brought, takin a few digs an offerin it tae McDade who
ade rushes in fae naewhere an digs him in the jaw.
2 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
nly a vague idea ay where the digs where.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
tae me efter he’s hud a few digs.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
m in. Ah received a couple ay digs tae the jaw, rapid, fae the t
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
air. Wance ah'd gien Mammy ma digs, ah saved every spare penny a on page 54

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
elope gaes in the bin when he digs oot his accoonts book and fil on page 72

1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
pt Nae just fishcakes and the digs steal as bigger than honey. I(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
r aa the way doon hill fae ma digs tae the station in Split, ma
at aa, dae A go back tae the digs and see if A kin kip anither
2 matches

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