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The word 'bins'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
binsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12723
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 5
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 17.8 4 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 15.4 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.8 3 3
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 bins in Corpus

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Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
ually got da 5 points fir dat bins question ???? #OnlyConnect #F (2020) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
onno the skip heid, alongside bins o roosty tins, auld bedspread
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Doric recycling bins for card introduced for Aberd(2017)
cafies instead i' big wheelie bins? https://t.co/79ML0pwZcL(2017)

General Northern

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
oon the corner makkin fur the bins. It snuffled aboot fur a bit, on page 42

1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
Bins oot and back in fit noo?(2020)

@daleser23 tweeted
fergo fit day does ur wheelie bins go oot?(2013)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
oy sticking those tags on the bins nowadays jist so they dinna h(2017)

@JoanHenry7 tweeted
s gan aboot Aberdeen. But the bins look empty enough. Nae idea f (2022) twitter link

West Central

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
ither reason than tae tak the bins oot, but ah get ma vicarious
1 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
e very waws ae the hoose. The bins swept by an avalanche ae snow
ot the windae ‘n’ saw the bins oan their sides. He turnt.
ides. He turnt. “It wis the bins!” Jim roared. He slumpt bac
3 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Settin fire ti thi bins we skint knees, on page 52

1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
oud helpin theirsels frae the bins. It wis juist at that maument
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
k n blue blobs, where wheelie bins hud been burnt n melted. The on page 24

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
The wean wha is eatin oot bins on page 36

1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
coal bunkers an thon recycle bins lined up in every midden. Nae
1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
s awa, were the faimly's meal bins. These were muckle bins, rait on page 14

2 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
they tapsalteerie waste-bins on page 42

1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
s. I maun bury masel in bread bins an Angela's footwear(2020)

@fairpechtoot tweeted
bies'. Keep yer weans oot the bins please! Nixt time a pupil say(2017)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
by a squaddie dealing wi the bins during the strike in 73ish) h (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
eeds reddit, windaes latched, bins emptied, Netflix kept oan hau on page 77

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
aa they whit micht hae bins on page 24

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
ur’s flees buzzin aboot the bins. We occasionally glance et yi
1 matches

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