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The word 'dependin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dependinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.33122
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 3
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 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 17.8 4 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 14.4 11 7
SEA - South East (Borders) 24.2 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 dependin in Corpus

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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
en da very money dat shö wis dependin on.' on page 133

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
twartree o da prespositions, dependin on whidder d'ir in a stressed on page 29
(idda plural). De'r twa forms dependin on da role da person haes idd on page 52

2 matches

Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
a someen, an every boatman is dependin on his neebir.
1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
e see a bonnie floor display, dependin on the season. Some tourists on page 11

1 matches

General Northern

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
tie Normally jist butter. Bit dependin' on foo bad 'e hingower is, h(2019)

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
iblins up tae an oor hurl awa dependin oan whit bus ye taen. on page 26

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
that characters can dae this dependin on whae they're speakin tae,
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ir class or phone yir parents dependin on how bad yi look. Ma da's a on page 18
y an yella that changes shade dependin on the light - but obviously on page 67

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Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
ir class or phone yir parents dependin on how bad yi look. Ma da’s
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Very much dependin’ oan whit ye believe
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
kly for the weill equippit - dependin whaur they were noo, there cu
1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
gaun in the leivin room, and dependin hoo faur that wis advanced, I on page 13

1 matches

General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
r tae achieve maximum impact. Dependin on the degree o yer offence, on page 42

1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Indytwa?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
uiner nor we thocht as weill, dependin on whit happens wi the Tory h
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
dea an pit it intae practice. Dependin on the idea, an individual ca
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
st aboot oniewhaur in atween, dependin on context and the parteecula
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
i Gaelic or Scots orthography dependin on the context.
quality o the “ch” soond dependin on the sort o vowel afore it:
tween The Broch and Am Broch, dependin which tongue o Scotland they
sindry affinities wi Gaelic, dependin on their particular historica
4 matches

@fairpechtoot tweeted
tive or negative connotations dependin oan where ye're fae. A 'hoole(2018)

@pmcm1355 tweeted
t an the scuil chinged colour dependin oan the soup they wir dumpin (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
s Day/Mither's Day/Mam's Day, dependin oan whit dialect ye yaise! #S (2019) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
’s auld wives’ tales! ?? or dependin oan specificity o’ cheese, t(2020)
ner or teatime with ma bairns dependin’(2020)

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
@RymourBooks @TippermuirBooks Dependin oan the time o day, sometimes(2020)