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The word 'welcomin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
welcominOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.798
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 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 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) 58.1 1 1
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 welcomin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Goodall, Phyllis J. Doric Sweet Talk, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
Looket affa warm an welcomin
1 matches

Aberdeen

Leslie, Dawn Press and Journal 2023-12-02 - Doric Corner, (no publisher recorded 2023) Doric, newspaper
inute it wis summer an we wis welcomin abody fir a new semester, an
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
fur it's vibrant art scene or welcomin personality. Insteed, it's mo on page 85
e comes swagerrin along wae a welcomin sight ae three cauld beers in on page 104

2 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
. Ma mither's hoose wis aye a welcomin airt, sae whaur she steyed wi on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
While welcomin this proveesion, Comann nam P on page 29

1 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
re, bonnie floors in vases, a welcomin stove. Ye’d nivver ken whit

South East (Borders)

The Westender Ins and oots, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
local hoosehold names in oor welcomin' toon ower the years. A' hedn
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Tis welcomin tha dawn on page 41

1 matches

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