A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'heading'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
headingOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62217
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 15.4 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
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 heading in Corpus

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Shetland

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
to spik! The good ship IR is heading in a fine direction for sure.(2018)

Mid Northern A

Harper, Norman Stronach: A Weekly Look at Life in the Fictional North-East Village, (The Press and Journal 2000) Doric, newspaper
chie," said the doctor, still heading towards the door. "That's bet
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
y. Fits abdy uptill iday. I'm heading inti Aiberdeen masell fir a w(2019)

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
r mangin, cuv, the police are heading your way...or something like (2020) twitter link

General Northern

Coutts, Pete Belhelvie, (bandcamp 2016) Doric, poetry
l it tean up the dyke and was heading o’er the top
1 matches

@sovereigndaisy tweeted
Heading to #Glesga #Glaschu for the w(2019)

@Franwella tweeted
@LouiseNicol1 feck jist heading tae elgin!(2012)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ght. Taking #Orkney by storm. Heading back on the ferry later so be(2017)
thing fer it, bar jist open & heading straight there fer effernneen(2020)

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Bill cuttitly. “We’re not heading east, we’re heading south.
east, we’re heading south. Good job I’ve been t
2 matches

Glasgow

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
ted walking up the stairs and heading tae the bedroom or the bath. on page 40

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
re oan the motorway or suhin, heading ae mah granny's hoose, then, on page 76

1 matches

Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
and handle as he watches him heading down the path pointing an ima
1 matches

Ayrshire

Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
it and walk oot the main door heading towards the car; however, Ah
1 matches

General Central

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
e he wis pulling at the lead, heading for this glow above the rape.
I wis that night I lost Lugs, heading oot towards the edge o the cl
2 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
... :) Also a high flying jet heading for the Atlantic crossing up (2023) twitter link
usy morning it's been.. Mrs H heading tae the hairdresser the morn' (2023) twitter link
he Saturn finished, :) .. I'm heading up the toon tae get the Space (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@cammyrudkin tweeted
Heading ti murrayfield for a fitness (2012)

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
90, they've seen it aw! We're heading back to DandG tomorrow. Day b(2020)