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The word 'digging'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
diggingOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3109
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 111.9 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
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) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of digging in Corpus

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Mid Northern B

@McGoo1888 tweeted
them..so ah done a wee bit eh digging and they had not one ex milit (2021) twitter link

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
I get back to digging and end up aboot half buried
1 matches

General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
mean i said? Reply - Always digging up shit!(2016)
turns roond & says yer eyewis digging up shit! Fit dee ye say tae t(2020)

West Central

Clark, Thomas Yes Nae Mair, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
eir profile picture's corner, digging oot auld pictures o thaim hau
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ame thing," said the Duchess, digging her sherp wee chin intae Alis on page 44

1 matches

General Central

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
@JaneyGodley Digging tatties at allotment from und(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
arnrose Ye widnae see onybody digging up bodies in yer local gravey(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
d afore, "Sure then I'm here! Digging for apples, yer honour!" on page 36

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Lyttle, A. G. Yarns 3 - Lastin Memorial, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Bangor, prose
‘Whut fur ir they digging doon thru tha roak?’ A said
1 matches

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