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The word 'cracking'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
crackingOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.91910
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 31 7 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 17.9 7 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 cracking in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
e the leather cheir tae avoid cracking, wis, “Cwid ye apply some ta(2019)

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@air_ingy Cracking wee things. https://t.co/mUDf(2020)
nonsinse ??. But the pins are cracking ??(2020)

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
: @lee_aimfor @TorinoFC_1906 Cracking goal fae a cracking player - (2020) twitter link
@lee_aimfor @TorinoFC_1906 Cracking goal fae a cracking player - (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
Ats a cracking nicht(2020)

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
ot it... ?? He used tae dee a cracking Doric rendition of ‘You Spin(2020)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Fit a cracking costume lassie! https://t.co/(2018)

(South) East Central

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
dfc Nothing in the centre ??. Cracking one in Stockbridge main st. ?(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@CP_Sport cracking photo - all the best wee man (2020) twitter link
@EastScotlandFA cracking cup tie this guys - n thanx (2021) twitter link
x/yahoo x - brave oh yes - cracking browser (2020) twitter link
@newburghfc @ProAmFootball cracking photo guys - park is superb (2020) twitter link
@robertmdaws cracking photo this one guys (2021) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

General Central

@g_hibby tweeted
... And may I hope you have a cracking Hogmanay yersel'?.. Enjoy yer (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
, an awfy man tae be yin man! Cracking poem and performance, mint.(2020)