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The word 'bangs'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bangsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.11312
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 27.1 5 4
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)
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 bangs in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
aboot the strange flashes and bangs ower the past couple months.
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
firewirks. He wis terrifeed o bangs, an sae wis Sam the kittlin.
1 matches

General Northern

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
ae dine. (Silence, syne Bruce bangs again.) Hope ee hasnae passed on page 40

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@daleser23 tweeted
they have got fa rings bell n bangs a drum the hale game? #tosser(2013)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ves. No even a cat shifts. He bangs the fence wi his haun an turn on page 1

1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
s. "Thomas, ye say that Satan bangs on page 112

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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
But then a few loud bangs at the door interrupt us. Swi
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Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
a symphony ae shhh when suhin bangs in the wind or broken glass c on page 32

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Bangin and bangs again on page 82

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Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ntae the gairden squeak an it bangs aff the fence as it slams shu
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Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
draps as the mechanical hoist bangs doon intae position at the bo
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Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
He bangs his fist on the door and whis
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General Central

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
Where he bangs his heid aff the Eiffel Touer on page 22

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