A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'handin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
handinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.61510
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 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.7 5 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 handin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Evenin..." said Elspeth, handin ower a bottle o wire. "Thunks on page 27

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
t let me know," said Fenella, handin ower a price list an floatin on page 30

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
hid. Bit the auld wummin wis handin the twa wally dugs that the p
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
od. "It's fit Ah say fan Ah'm handin the wee bit tip tae the laddi on page 110

1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
files handin owre her broth. An saw het ee on page 44

1 matches

Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
a prize bit the loon that wis handin oot the tickets wis chattin u
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
pretty much the same hing as handin me a loaded gun. Mean lits be on page 60
Where, he tells me, ah'll be handin oor ma signature in order tae on page 160
s the lids oaff they'm before handin thum oor on page 172

3 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
xt week's giro. Meantime, I'm handin ma last twa pound tae the boo on page 35

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
so the auld bill r handin oot fines through here for br (2021) twitter link

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
oes wrang! Fir example, A wis handin’ back essays in a HND class
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
e even pause fur breath as he handin me a terminal illness. He wis
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
YOU STAY, YA WEE DICK. Taz is handin the boys fags oot his packet on page 20
er the darker canopy. Danny's handin fags oot ae a Mayfair packet. on page 47

2 matches

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