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The word 'convincin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
convincinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.91913
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 12.8 5 3
WCE - West Central 23 5 3
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
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 convincin in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
t there wis nae maire hope ae convincin her that Aldo wis undeservin on page 71
joint oor tae Aldo. Ah start convincin masel that ah'll be stoned oo on page 132

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
roud o ma wee ploy. I sounded convincin, even tae masel. But I still on page 73

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
Ronnie Miller that wis maist convincin as
erated times wis refreshin an convincin.
2 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ent that she'd hae nae bother convincin Mr and Mrs Wormwidd that Mati on page 85

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
although ah did huv some job convincin the lifeguard at first. on page 13
oint oor group an we wur that convincin that nearly evrubdy in the cl on page 129

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
kespeare. Tho McClure gethers convincin evidence ti stell this sikkar on page 116

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
although ah did have some job convincin the life guard at first.
1 matches

Dundee

@d_anderson878 tweeted
t. Yer speil is fair clear an convincin. Micht pit a thir in faan A'm(2020)

Edinburgh

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
ic sores oan her legs are sae convincin, he lets himsel be guyed thro on page 9

1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
It's sae convincin, weemin growe on page 37

1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
n you two,' he said, pullin a convincin facial expression. on page 58

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
especially gin the Scots isna convincin, as happens raither afen. (Ee on page 56

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 59 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, newspaper
are eneuch feat o writin fair convincin narrative in twa sindrie dial
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
least convincin writin
maist convincin
2 matches

South West (Galloway)

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
he Girnin Gates. Ther wis nae convincin Mr Gobbs that we'd seen someh
1 matches

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