A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Concordance

Enter a word to find all occurrences of, for example sonsie

The word 'duncin'

- basic concord - pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - similar spellings -

Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
duncinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.9239
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 49 15 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 31 7 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 duncin in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e o the quines fae London wis duncin aboot wi Pitsliga an the ithe on page 45

1 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
"Grandad, I am not gyan oot duncin an leavin you." on page 94

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e him, teerin aff his sark an duncin like he wis dementit, airms f on page 16
n till - Salsa classes, line duncin, digital photography..." on page 50
i cud mebbe gie the baallroom duncin anither whirl." on page 85

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ces like tomatas an their een duncin wi excitemint es Jack meeved on page 11
planned nicht oot: a nicht o duncin, laads an fun. An Ah wint te on page 47

2 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
Efter, we watched some quines duncin, bonny duncers bit scarce a s
a booroch o young fowk comin duncin an singing alang Princes Stre
2 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
e. Bit like masell fan i wint duncin in i Metro on Market Street. (2020)
@andiabz I'm duncin. https://t.co/TJw9ajBlcH(2020)

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
e sheen an nivver gaed ti the duncin, an Herbie Morrice wad as see on page 72

1 matches

General Northern

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
h cannae imagine ma Ma and Da duncin. Nine months aifter they met on page 43

1 matches

Wheeler, Leslie Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, weans
e the time o cavemen I've bin duncin ilka day, on page 13

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
an the neist mintie thay war duncin roun in a ring. Iss felt aa a on page 50
gie wi fowk she hed jist been duncin wi. "Siccar it wadna dee tae on page 51

4 matches

@cligeey tweeted
erloony Thocht ye said social duncin for a minute(2020)

Web Analytics