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The word 'willing'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
willingOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.1108
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 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 21.7 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 willing in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
tograph in January, when, God willing, the weather will allow us to on page 78

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
longed to my Grandmother. I'm willing to let them go at a reasonabl on page 73

1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
hud gaan. Anyone researched? Willing (2020) twitter link

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
nure. Do you think he will be willing to
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Bi they willing young hauns guided bi you, on page 21

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ors of similar violence. I am willing to bet that there was a catal on page 54
'So, back to my request. I'm willing to settle at twenty days' sus on page 57

3 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ate should be physically fit, willing to listen to, and understand
1 matches

General Central

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
ec1314 It's no a biscuit, def willing to go tae war on this....(2020)