A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'fighting'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fightingOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.51511
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 111.9 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.2 5 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 15.4 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 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 fighting in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Innes, Michelle Macduff, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
Seagulls fighting
1 matches

Mid Northern B

Ritchie, John Fishin in the Findhorn, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
tae come over so a carried on fighting it this one is bigger than th
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
t ah died an honourable death fighting fur a square foot ae sand in on page 92

1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
be like when they halted the fighting on Xmas day, on the western f(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
on you andy - time to start fighting back - stand your ground n l (2020) twitter link
but a can understand brechin fighting there quarter - so frustrati (2021) twitter link
- hospitality need to start fighting back with these unfair propos (2021) twitter link

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
g, making a fool of yourself, fighting and then hanging around with on page 16

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
first area in town have been fighting for a generation - angry you on page 54
is right, to an extent. Fist-fighting is another matter and one whi on page 55

2 matches

General Central

@_Erinboyle_ tweeted
ep sharing away troops & keep fighting the good fight????And kemonn (2021) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
s & Nicola & we need them all fighting for independence. Keep the he(2020)

@LowEndJardo tweeted
the israeli guy, liht it’s a fighting sport surely ye can just kick (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@officialAliRed tweeted
ww, straight back at ya! Keep fighting the guid fight ??????????????(2019)
land Solidarity, Ashley. Keep fighting the guid fight. ??(2019)