A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

dings Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5 5.1 7.5 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences1610 5 0 0 1 0
Number of authors12 9 2 1

Occurrences of dings in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
It's aye the wee footer that dings awthing..." on page 135

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
his gear or lang. (A skellet dings) Aweill, thare clinkumbell. N on page 48

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
and dings in ma hert - it's aye sang w on page 51
I'll thole ilk wap life dings, staun strang, on page 82

2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
ecks o Scots intil the broth, dings brawly wi ma ain thochts. I G on page 120

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
he stobs in, He kent hoo mony dings...".
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
ouch bene tint. Gin haurdskip dings thaim
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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
hat’s ane o the things that dings him on tae foun the modren tr
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
e o the later medieval period dings doon and oot-hauds Gaelic. Ef
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@billykayscot tweeted
n a black boy fae yont Nyanga dings the fell gallows o the Burghe(2020) search twitter

Doric

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Bit sna dings on later I div fear.
In the mornin it dings on sna,
Shoors o rain, sleet, en it dings on sna.
3 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Affa hard tae tak in for it dings on sna.
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
I lo'e it fin it dings doon kis plunkit netter comes(2018) search twitter

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
and dings lik a smiddy, on page 146

1 matches

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