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The word 'heavin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
heavinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.41815
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 9.8 4 4
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
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) 131.2 2 1
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 heavin in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e sweat fae's broo, his chest heavin up an doon an his hairt haimm on page 8
in his hans an grat - great heavin sobs aat cam fae somewye deep on page 95

2 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
's a reason why it is ayeweys heavin; sic an ambience is unique ta on page 8

1 matches

(South) East Central

Matthews, Andrew Lallans 104 - Skiddlie Thochts, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
ey got thare. Micht a lexicon heavin wi 'negatives' juist hae cam on page 81

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 70 - St Anndra’s Day, 2008, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
o a heavin tide? A gey serious skirl
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
An ilka heavin breath is like a knife intae
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
davidmcandrew86 the bents wis heavin n the chippy wis there m8 lol (2021) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ht tirr. Her muckle bosie wis heavin in and oot and the sloosh o w on page 160

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
heavin awa tae store somethin awa fi on page 105

1 matches

Edinburgh

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
He teuk ane last deek at the heavin mass o bodies ootby - or wis on page 8

1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
Dolly's phone. Efter a bit ae heavin an gruntin he manages tae mov on page 31

1 matches

Atkins, Elise Billy Barr ’n’ Jonny Jimison’s Day Oot!, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central, prose
t Billy hid oan his lap wiz a heavin’ pile ae dung!
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
a day an a nicht, wi shouders heavin, an frichtit starin een besee on page 28
n his breist-bane an his kist heavin like auld Jess his collie eft on page 37

2 matches

General Central

Robson, Frances Lallans 82 - The Locomotive, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Trauchlin an heavin an puffin puff-puff, on page 30

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
A tree wi gowden leaves pure heavin! on page 15

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Oor deid hero ain tha heavin, on page 15
ince mair thut stain oo sorra heavin. on page 30

2 matches

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