Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'dinin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

dinin	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	11.1	37	18
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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	21	2	1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central	35.5	8	1
DUN - Dundee	21.2	2	1
EDN - Edinburgh	43.4	7	3
GLA - Glasgow	15.4	3	3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	13.1	10	5
SEA - South East (Borders)	12.5	1	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 dinin in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
unk, aabody gid throwe te the dinin-room an Vi disappeart inte th on page 28
eth finally cam back into the dinin-room sayin, "Your hoose is mu on page 31

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
lounge, sun-lounge, kitchie, dinin -room, maister bedroom (wi en-
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
l, an the mornin room, an the dinin room, an the sittin room, an on page 106

2 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
n the grund flair there wis a dinin room and a livin room and a k on page 16
ind if ah et ma dinner in the dinin-room so ah could read ma book on page 21
ere wis a muckle ingle in the dinin-room and she noo set aboot we on page 37
dinin-room across the lobby. 'Hiya, on page 39
me Matilda sat doucely at the dinin-room table eatin her cornflak on page 53
Also on pages 71
8 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
an ushert Jock intae the big dinin room. There at the heid o his on page 35

2 matches

Edinburgh

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
, an wis lampin awa throu the dinin room door. on page 9

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
doon the stairs tae thair ain dinin haa - evidently the monks an
aim, an ayont thaim. The hale dinin room wis watchin. For a wee m
lk ither, fowk hung on in the dinin haa an lit a wee bit fire the
lin spring sinlicht intae the dinin ha. “Lat’s thoo an me gin
begoud his shadae-play on the dinin room waa.
5 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
He limps taewards the dinin table where ah’m seated. St
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
Thirr's a big dinin area wi wee plastic chairs fa on page 3

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
Wan ae thum bumps against the dinin table where mah sword is bala on page 173

1 matches

Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
BC lovebairn. A’m shuir the dinin oot on it wi the maik o yer S
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Is wan wee bairnie's dinin-chair, on page 32

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
dh wis jist stertin. A graund dinin-room had been howkit oot o th on page 74

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
icht awbody, c'mon in tae the dinin room and I'll get us some win on page 49
er!" somebody shoutit fae the dinin room, and the theatre troupe on page 50
chen, they traipsed intae the dinin room, Klaus cairryin a bowl o on page 51
the orphans went oot tae the dinin room tae clear the table, and on page 52
y blew oot the caunles in the dinin room, and as they chynged oot on page 55

6 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth For the fat romantics, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
preseentit in the style o fin dinin wi table service o the furst
1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
’s birthday, when he wad be dinin in celebration wi his cronies
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
hevin ae meltith i the hotel dinin room, naw, hei wuid eat his p
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Alfresco dinin's great, but face it mate, on page 103

1 matches