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The word 'forcin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
forcinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.22013
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 3
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 forcin 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

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
he disna want it, an nae ees forcin it doon es thrapple, fur that on page 84

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
meenitie te masel," he said, forcin a smile an scrapin back his c on page 90

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
onnie, pullin oan is briks an forcin is feet inte's sheen. on page 38

1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
€™m no breakin ony windaes or forcin ony doors. A’m no breakin i
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
thae hamelt Scots speakers is forcin the soond o thair ain Scots l
1 matches

MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
in' fae below, efter weeks o' forcin masell tae bide still. Ah pus
th' dyke beside me, mah brain forcin everythin tae be deedly silen
ty o' th' dyke. Sittin up 'n' forcin masell tae keek. Mah breath c
3 matches

West Central

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
Strangulated or singin? A’m forcin it and forcin it like thon ne
it and forcin it like thon new paira traini
2 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
r, Rugby tacklin’ her an’ forcin’ the boots back on, against
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
nst the back o his ain wrist, forcin Iskander tae feel the raised
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ffic backin up fae the lights forcin it tae. There’s two cunts i
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah look at hur, forcin a smile. Awbody makes mistake
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
nt him straucht in the ee, an forcin him tae fouter wi his quill a on page 40

1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
'Granny,' ah say, forcin ma voice not tae crack. 'Lean on page 35
Ah sigh, forcin a smile. on page 84

2 matches

Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
victory agin the Nint Legion, forcin Jupiter tae demaund Hadrianâ€
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
nclude radical chynges sic as forcin the devolution o mair pooers
1 matches

Connelly, Gordon Celebrating Ithers, a letter tae somebody wirth celebratin, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
lped ye in yer ain life. Frae forcin ye tae face somethin aboot ye
1 matches

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