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The word 'wurkin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wurkinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.12913
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
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 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 53.1 5 2
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.7 8 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 99.8 8 2
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 wurkin in Corpus

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Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
at wurkin kye or sheep, on page 59

2 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ome o the gentry play on peer wurkin fowk. They pit some siller ab on page 106

1 matches

General Northern

Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
e. You keep reading about the wurkin class struggle, loon.”
class journalism, than aa the wurkin in factories will dae. They
2 matches

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
oot ur scratcher ur bells no wurkin lol (2021) twitter link

West Central

Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
Eddie she maiks oot that ees wurkin away eevin thoa she noas that on page 41

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
A Wurkin-Class Man on page 47
A wurkin-class man that's whut eh am, on page 48
A wurkin-class man! on page 49
A wurkin-class man! on page 50

4 matches

McKenzie, Roddy Cataracts, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2018) Central - Dundee, prose
pin` by fur a blether. Noo wi wurkin` roon thi toon, ye dinnae get
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Wir wurkin haurd on page 49

1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
iness tae focus oan the inner wurkin''s o' their ain selves. By cu on page

4 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
Is thare onie extra money for wurkin ben the daurk? on page 134

1 matches

@raiphsays tweeted
acLiv Aye a hink it jus isnae wurkin oot!(2020)
Ats ma da awa oot wurkin a nite shift in a “very spec(2020)
Wurkin oan ma wee cerds fer ma cerd (2020)

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Kennin ma wurkin steid on page 37

1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ae fell, eident, hard wurkin wuman, juist sat yonner, wi h
aa his wurkin life til than, an it yae tyme
it up it the ruif, at Yid wur wurkin on, an
hed been wurkin it Borth’ickbrae Burnfit fe
wurkin fur Wat Davies (the ex-Girnwu
7 matches

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