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The word 'clingin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
clinginOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.52118
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
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.3 7 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
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 clingin in Corpus

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Shetland

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
in da waater, barely clingin ontae a plank o wid tae keep
1 matches

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A saw a speugie clingin
A'm clingin tae a bonny dream -
2 matches

Gilmour, Rosie Haimster Pairty, (Scots Hoose 2016) Central, weans
Clingin tae the bars like crash bandi
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
happit in clingin, teemin yird on page 32

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
g ah need tae witness is folk clingin oan tae dear life efter recei
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
rs, the animals wae their fur clingin tae them, an aw ae them dripp on page 25

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Clingin on and brakkin fingernails an on page 5

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
st ay the daylight ebbs away, clingin oan tae fragmented clouds wae
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Barkit, fool, and awfie clingin, on page 90

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ersel swingin in thon breeze, clingin tae a rope made oot o mingin on page 119

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
An jalousie, clingin ti ma skirts still; on page 35

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
the life oot the sma anes but clingin tae the bigger bodies until t
the life oot the sma anes but clingin tae the bigger bodies until t
2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Halloween, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
uckle creepie crawlie speeder clingin ontae the back — it wis a H
1 matches

@ClashCityClarky tweeted
D-19. Things that wir awready clingin on bi their finger-nails. Art(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
thers, th beasts wi their fur clingin tae thum, an aw wringin wet, on page 24

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
air than eicht years auld, an clingin on page 195

1 matches

Adamson, Donald Northwords Now 43 - Donald Adamson, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Central, poetry
o clingin glister, on page 28

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ers, the animals wi thir furr clingin tae thim, an aal dreekit, cro on page 25

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
wiped away the hair that was clingin tae hir cheek. What was she d on page 52

1 matches

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