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The word 'twinklin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
twinklinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.7158
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 21.7 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire 39.3 3 1
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 49.9 4 1
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 twinklin in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Philp, George Lallans 67 - Thochts anent Sangschaw and Penny Wheep, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
Wi twinklin ee an haun out-streikit, on page 138

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
wis spikkin tae him. In a twinklin, the barman hid Jonsar be the
1 matches

(South) East Central

MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
it sky as th' stars appeared, twinklin 'n' twirlin as th' world fell
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
utter gittin that thin-an the twinklin ae the tea-" on page 110

3 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
crooning away, his blue eyes twinklin under the spotlight. Honestly on page 2

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
dreipin aff my @ piece-an the twinklin 0 my . tea-" on page 44

3 matches

General Central

Matheson, Ann Lallans 84 - Attrition, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
rippin daunce step, raindraps twinklin oan a linn. on page 9

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
roond gauns th clock in a twinklin! Hauf-past yin, denner time!" on page 70
eces gettin sae thin - an th twinklin o th tea-" on page 111

4 matches

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