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The word 'exciting'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
excitingOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.91614
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B 131 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of exciting in Corpus

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Shetland

Watt, Valerie Back tae trowie schul, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
back tae schul is a tocht. An exciting een for some an a weary wan f
1 matches

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
lighted to be joining such an exciting line up! Come du aa, Crossway(2019)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e. Silent Dating is a new and exciting concept for singles who like on page 36

1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
n ma flechie the night - got exciting news tae share the morn - no(2014)
We are aboot tae add anither exciting spleet new feature tae the si(2014)
Onything exciting happening the day?(2019)

Mid Northern B

Fowler, Ross Sunday Fitba wi ma Faither, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
second hauf wid be a bit mair exciting.
1 matches

General Northern

@Franwella tweeted
@LouiseNicol1 Noo that IS exciting! x(2012)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Nae an affa exciting day fer me. Deen washing, hoo(2017)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
one of my colleagues. And an exciting opportunity has arisen. Are y on page 126

1 matches

West Central

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
they wis still that wee bitty exciting cus they wis exotic an’ apa
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
context ay this festival, is exciting. They stomp an "Hyyyuuup" an on page 3

1 matches

General Central

@ionafyfe tweeted
This is giy exciting! https://t.co/K8WjDTmxvE(2020)

@iainnicol tweeted
@scottishlabour Gaunna be an exciting SEC meetin.(2020)

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
Me tae, exciting time to feel fresh cold air o(2020)

General Ulster

@HurchinHome tweeted
rrit tae hear mair! Something exciting is happening in Ulster Scots (2020)