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The word 'feckin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
feckinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus16529
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B 393.1 3 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 26.6 6 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 65.9 26 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 18.6 14 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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of feckin in Corpus

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Mid Northern B

@McGoo1888 tweeted
be honest ...the English are feckin bams man...utter wallopers... (2022) twitter link
@80_mcswan Feckin freedom...stop feckin aboot y (2022) twitter link

General Northern

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
0_duncan Speak!!!!? Speak!!!? Feckin’ spik min!!!!!(2018)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
rry will probably be how much feckin pigs in blankets he'll get ne(2019)
that. Widnae care but Soul is feckin shit at the best o times.(2020)
@_aidanflynn Feckin hilarious ??????(2018)
@theJeremyVine He's a feckin tool(2018)
@gogzyboy15 Feckin class!(2020)

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
luv this statement btw - am feckin buzzin fir the rose likes - (2021) twitter link
andoncookSTV @JackGilchrist__ feckin brilliant - the real people (2020) twitter link
@Chrismcnulty75 feckin magic footage - oh ya bewty- (2020) twitter link
ook at the state o the snp - feckin shambles m8 - oor local coun (2020) twitter link
allen thats the one - what a feckin stoater - what an icon diego (2020) twitter link
and 21 other occurrences.

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
For a beve Lambrusco’s nae feckin’ useco!
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
And whit's the feckin diff efter aw on page 120

1 matches

General Central

@DABArbuckle tweeted
y hae these things Dougie AND FECKIN FREE TUITION. Back tae the dr(2020)
le shoutin an screamin like a feckin banshee(2020)
o down tit pub' naebody has a feckin clue whit we're oan aboot?(2020)
Ah absolutely feckin hate awthing aboot Eastenders(2020)
humb keeps pressing the wrang feckin button. MEDIAAAAAA(2020)
and 3 other occurrences.

@ThonJacobite tweeted
her "MITHER . . . AH'M FIFTY FECKIN EIGHT" ?????? https://t.co/9b (2021) twitter link
shite could be eked oot for a feckin week? The company wha supply (2021)
and Gary Lineker millions o' feckin pounds tae talk pish and mak (2021)
the lower ranks will hae ony feckin cash thanks tae you lot. Ye'v(2021)
gs, for maist o' us thats the feckin least o' wir worries thanks t(2020)
and 1 other occurrences.

South East (Borders)

@cammyrudkin tweeted
ulla7 naebody cares aboot yir feckin holiday bulla!!!!(2012)