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The word 'decidin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
decidinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.81611
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 1
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of decidin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
probably wull," said Morrice, decidin te ignore the Jeweller an mak on page 15

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Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Here's the problem wi the trad wife muivement, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
s shoud be in favour o weemin decidin fit it is that they want tae
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(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ae hittin the drink heavy is decidin tae hae full fat milk in his
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West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
kin anither decision. She wis decidin that she wid gang by hersel a on page 85

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
in creative submeissiouns, an decidin jyntlie what gangs intil on page 6

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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
hers in, maist o the regulars decidin tae keep close tae their ain on page 64

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Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
For the decidin’ wrench;
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
me o’ the time Henrick wis decidin’ gin he wid get his dreadlo
tic Park as he sat in his car decidin’ his hair’s future. Gin h
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Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
st course ay action, promptly decidin that it is. Ah’m fucked if
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
nt weather conditions are the decidin factor the day though, so ah
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
plugs afore checkin the oil, decidin ah’d be best aff drainin it
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General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Decidin tae deploy on page 28

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Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
decidin
Juist fae decidin
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Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
Alice said tae the Dorrmoose, decidin naw tae pye onie heid tae thi on page 74

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