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Use in varieties of Scots

middlin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4 3.5 4.5 9.9 0 0 8.9
Number of occurrences137 3 1 0 0 2
Number of authors11 7 2 1 1

Occurrences of middlin in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
The middlin lift wid cushin awthin on page 54

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
. It wis a roun-faced chiel o middlin hicht, wi a tousit heid o mou on page 68

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
k'll suffer even mair, an the middlin sort'll be warse aff, while t on page 146

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
just a wee, middlin-sized basket, yet average, mu on page 78

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
whummilin bak-hauddit me frae middlin wi Modestine. on page 6

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
throu-beirin o mony a wee an middlin haundlin or ploy hings on the
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
@bear1867 Aye, fair tae middlin' mate.. Another day ahead.. S (2023) twitter link

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
hae tae say 'at I'm fair tae middlin on page 81

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Gey middlin wither jist noo we are haein,
see the wither hid been affa middlin ower the last fortnicht an, t
2 matches

Orkney

Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - Five Signs, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
The stone closset is middlin cowld. on page 15

1 matches

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
er-Scots commonity sector bes middlin' simple. Maist curns on page 39
a sma' grant o' £1k - 10k; middlin grants o' £11k - £20K an' on page 40

2 matches

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