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The word 'bings'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bingsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.21713
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 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
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.7 5 4
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.3 7 5
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bings in Corpus

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Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
An the flee bings fromade. on page 84

1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
runn wes aye kivert wi little bings o bodies. on page 90

1 matches

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
. 'Ah'l buy ye a drink, wi've bings o time.' on page 27

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 57 - Twa Auld Men, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
it ower the reekin reid shale bings and the black slag heips and on page 136

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
thir kin o folk that wirks wi bings o langage, it starts tae be i
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
bings o fruict wes stade amang the
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
ae wi a lick o paint. He buys bings o paint an brushes an white s
1 matches

West Central

Hardie, George Lallans 59 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Pit bings heft scarred finger stumps, on page 129

1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
BINGS on page 118

1 matches

General Central

Matheson, Ann Lallans 84 - Attrition, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
d that wisna takin tent: dour bings, a pitmirk on page 8

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ns, Chairlie could see muckle bings o chocolate piled high in the on page 6

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
the lang widden spoon. Jings-bings! It wis aw broon turnin! A ri on page 35

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Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
d up round the hut like shale bings. on page 37

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
an mair fowk is juist googlin bings an bings o information, an th
an bings o information, an thaim that
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@fairpechtoot tweeted
In West Lothian we huv shale bings - mounds o waste fae shale m(2016)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James The Lade, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
roota store, whar the cairted bings o blues an whites wur waled o
1 matches

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