A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'biddins'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
biddinsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.1132
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 17.4 13 2
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 biddins in Corpus

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General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
, as he wis weel-natured, his biddins were ayewis wiselike. He wad on page 37
ht tae seek lealty because my biddins are wiselike. on page 39
s even. An ye will see hou my biddins are answert. on page 40
'Yon's my biddins, the leerie answert. 'Guid mo on page 50
erie that wis thirled tae his biddins. He minded the sundouns he ha on page 52

12 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
ns tae Sanct Ethernan an haly biddins tae Oor Leddie o the Martyrs. on page 14

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