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The word 'aksin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
aksinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4137
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 63.9 11 5
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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) 88.3 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of aksin in Corpus

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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Keep aksin - you'll git whit you need. on page 97
shö said. 'So whit wye is du aksin me fir a drink?' on page 137
raetir an wis aye winderin an aksin questions aboot aathing. Some on page 155

5 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ah'm aye keekit mysel fur no aksin dee oot, so ah'm no makkin da on page 40

1 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
eftir mukkil aksin on page 13

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
wife at wis jüst wun an wis aksin fir directions. on page 46
guages idda wirld haes wyes o aksin questions (or, bein parteecla on page 89

3 matches

Walterson, Barbara Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
an cerried me ontae da boat, aksin me questions aboot a fishin t
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Aye aksin whut but fal or sin, on page 33

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
cCready, if ye dinnae mine me aksin, why in the name o heaven hae on page 40

1 matches

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