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The word 'fing'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fingOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62216
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 15.4 3 2
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) 31.4 1 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 174.4 3 3
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 142.8 4 3
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 164.2 5 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of fing in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
nty, her lug wis stung bi the fing o a snaabaa crackin aff the s
1 matches

General Northern

@beast_afc tweeted
ScotlandNT Um wellen up. Best fing tae happen this year. Make us(2020)

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Roy’s dancin’ fing’irs, fu’o’ skill,
1 matches

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah snap ma fing'rs. Robert's a simple enough on page 17
ightly gassed folk raise thur fing'rs in the air tae indicate th on page 26

2 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
playin wi a tangerine, 'ah'll fing them, you slice them,' on page 174

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
The Giant havered, 'FEE FI FO FING, on page 20

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
blawing a fing hoolie dinnae even think aboo on page 28

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
up, an stairtet bowin tae the fing, the Queen, an the royal weey on page 81

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
An graipin fing'rs trimmled in the nicht on page 26

1 matches

Glass, Ewen Yarns 3 - Waash, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ballymony, prose
Fing’rs ticht tae gless, A watch
1 matches

Warwick, Matthew Tha Feardie Geng hae tae bide at hame, (Sensory Attachment Centre 2020) Ulster - Ballymena, weans
ha Feardie Geng tae pit their fing’rs in tha saip, then dip th
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
coals. It wus that coul, his fing'rs had bother wi tha padlock on page 17
a baa rollin theday that cud (fing'rs crossed) mak a quare diffe on page 30

2 matches

Cromie, Willie Doon tha Wal Raa, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1739905620) Ulster - Ballywalter, prose
croobin bar tha deid man’s fing’rs or jaist eat tha claas a
1 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
ot tha peeliewallie muin. Tha fing’rs o lichtnin wus glentin o
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Coul wat fing'rs on page 35
A crookit fing'r frae abane on page 45
Tha yin wud hae yer fing'r aff on page 49
Tae a fing'r on page 52

5 matches

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