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The word 'happint'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
happintOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.6155
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 19.6 6 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 62.4 5 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 happint in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
ty say's ""Did ye nae see fit happint e1y noo? Ye coda heen yer hee on page 17
eeded up. Noo, a qweer theing happint fin we speeded up, aw thi wat on page 49
thi tyde. Noo, a qweer theing happint eit slack water, eis yoosual on page 56
e futhim oot fit hid actually happint tae ma, aye jist say'd til em on page 68

6 matches

Edinburgh

Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
past few weeks, a few things happint that got me tae thinkin mair.
aboot the bannin o kilts that happint efter the '45 uprisin. Aye, i
2 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
ut obviously no if Steve haes happint on page 10

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
speak tae oniebodie whae hei happint tae fa-in wi. A wis telt thit
ense: nae matter whae thay happint tae bei speakin tae. A mynd o
the Haugh,” It sae happint at Yid wis pittin the slates
t fur oor twaloors brek, thay happint tae
Wulson happint tae bei on the bus is weill,
5 matches

South West (Galloway)

Evie OOR WULLIE’S SEASON’S GREET, (Largs Writers Group 2015) Central - Largs, prose
bit, an goat the gist o whit happint that mornin’. Jack had wrot
1 matches

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