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The word 'sitting'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sittingOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus154833
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B 131 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 44.3 10 5
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 20.5 8 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 2
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 2
LAL - General Central 13.4 10 8
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 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 28.1 2 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of sitting in Corpus

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
bs. Laek in I'm coming or I'm sitting down de'r on page 76
sitting down de'r nae object, onli da on page 95

2 matches

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
wis Auld Daa's winter's wark, sitting on his seat in da byre in his
1 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
And aboot her husband sitting at nights making "büdies" fa

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Mrs Clushet o Faaldydykes, (McStorytellers.com 2018) Doric - Banffshire, prose
he surgery faa should he find sitting there on the aal pew o the wa
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
st afore it crashed through i sitting room windae ??(2019)

Mid Northern B

Bowie, Tyler Stookie, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
So here a am sitting getting fair spilt. Fowk runn
1 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
a city,’ the Officer says, sitting up.
1 matches

General Northern

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
oy. Ma favourite. It hid been sitting at the back on page 41

1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
tend and the females would be sitting there, arms crossed with that (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
ur the international break is sitting at loon Scott Wright doon an (2020)
s aff loons. There will be no sitting allowed. Let's bounce this pl(2020)

@cligeey tweeted
@lsimscor Sitting here scunnert(2020)
PAberdeen Maybe he scunnert o sitting roon the table amongst feels(2020)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Bar on yer video as I've been sitting in same seat for the last 70 (2016)
Sitting ootside ma gerden the day wee(2017)
Sitting in ma favourite seat in Fitti(2017)
hose moods that the choice is sitting on ma arse all efterneen or t(2018)

(South) East Central

McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
nce day one. And now am here, sitting oan the bench in the changing
1 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ie” and he wid notice Davie sitting wi his back tae everybody.
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
couple o tartan blankets for sitting on and the essential fishing
ae rejoin the ithers wha were sitting on a bench adjacent tae the c
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ne - as u no a dinnae do the sitting on the fence stuff - b oan l (2020) twitter link
a rest ma case enjoy sitting in the hoose guys lol (2020) twitter link
distance n have masks on and sitting in groups of 6 and ps i hope (2020) twitter link
tead of mumping and moaning n sitting on the fence - that of cours (2020) twitter link

West Central

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
this picture o Alec Salmond, sitting oan a bucket reading them tae
1 matches

Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
did, and ye widni want to be sitting next to this boy on the bus o
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ree, he will say Beatrice was sitting beside him at the back of the
or that bit of paper that was sitting next to the computer.”
2 matches

Glasgow

Eunson, Catherine Freude, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
and God be thankit sitting on my ain cairpet
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Robert Fergusson - The Sitting of the Session on page 78

1 matches

Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
ah wis, sittin' by the fire, sitting and thinkin' aboot the auld d
1 matches

General Central

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
blaw groun, like ugsome taeds sitting crouse in a vegetable patch e on page 18

1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
t was a guid day A... We were sitting reminiscing aboot the first f (2023) twitter link
Right, I'm sat sitting here relaxing noo.. I'm gonna (2023) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
i me........espicially as i'm sitting in hospital waiting room and (2014)
en route fir food shop before sitting doon tae decide whit Scottish(2014)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
@wgsaraband A this his been sitting gey ill wi me (pun) for as ye(2020)

@OliphantWullie tweeted
appear I made a faux pas when sitting in my local café tweeting in (2022) twitter link

@bigandymccoll tweeted
@Jeggit She appears tae be sitting next tae the Tea Sock ?? (2022) twitter link

@rattlecans tweeted
other Ma or an auld pensioner sitting oot at her back door wi her m (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
morn. Ah'll be the wee fella sitting oan the stool wae a box o' bl(2021)

South East (Borders)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
Sitting watchin the world gane by and(2019)
achines.chemicals involved so sitting doing fool all. #fireinthehol(2012)

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
d it's shocking. Used to love sitting on the bench there waiting fo(2020)

General Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
eGael Was thon Hanna doll nat sitting beside wee Jeffrey when he wa(2019)

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
ae wait til ah get redd up an sitting doon wi it lass! https://t.co (2021) twitter link