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The word 'seeing'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
seeingOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus18.76139
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 40.7 7 5
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) 8547 1 1
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B 131 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 43.8 4 3
DOR - General Northern 44.3 10 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 27.9 11 6
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 25 4 3
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 13.3 10 7
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 69.5 5 2
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 seeing 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.

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
tell you xxx xxxx xxxx xxx xx seeing as it will soon be at home so on page 37

1 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
Centuries, I'm been seeing that O; on page 24

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
..the deadly clarity of this 'seeing of a hungry man.'" on page 19

1 matches

Priest, Ena Bonxie Geo, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
ng, handsome, quiskery, face. Seeing da scarfs an tysties, an mibe
1 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
Seeing all these bairns in da lights (2018) twitter link

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
e Bunny da Selkie, especially seeing the lungworm photos on Facebo(2020)
ing aboot doing the dishes is seeing who is visiting my garden. Ju(2014)
potting1 to represent finally seeing Trainspotting2 tonight. Brill(2017)

North Northern A (Black Isle)

Facebook link ( 2013) Doric - Buckie
nybudy wyive nooadays? I myne seeing the auld wiffies wi thir wisk

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
(Seeing Spirit) on page 59
he gift of transfiguration or seeing spirit." on page 60

2 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Seeing this Chopper minded me i' tak(2017)

Mid Northern B

Riddell, Conor San Diego, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
next couple o days jist sicht seeing. A hid a grand time poppin in
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
You don't imagine I'll enjoy seeing one of my men executed do you on page 17

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
Syne, seeing that een o his son’s curls
1 matches

The Flying Pigs Use of the common good fund for slap-up feed merely follows in grand old tradition, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
he three lads I’m currently seeing follow in that couple’s foo
1 matches

The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
en able tae blissfully ignore seeing as we niver get nae reminders
1 matches

General Northern

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
Ye canna mind ever seeing yer mam and dad thigether in
1 matches

Coutts, Pete Belhelvie, (bandcamp 2016) Doric, poetry
Noo seeing this the loon runs up the roa
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
was wonderful on Sunday, but, seeing the man at the Tivoli! Yaaass (2022) twitter link
was wonderful on Sunday, but, seeing the man at the Tivoli! Yaaass (2022) twitter link
igh risk but generally we are seeing the benefits (2022) twitter link
@ScottBurns75 Exactly, I keep seeing the bemoaning aboot the fact (2022) twitter link
NeilDrysdale Great memories o seeing them in Ritzy’s and their la (2020) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

@fittiecrooners tweeted
& just aboot hid heart attack seeing this https://t.co/VYnabyl9E3(2016)
day but am easily tempted wee seeing that noo(2018)

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Seeing leo's loss o face on page 17

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
busy watchin the wee dugs an seeing an openin in the tent, he stu on page 98

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
e Dysart Lamp(a sequel) an On seeing myself in a Morning Mirror, t
1 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
hs on either side. I remember seeing a couple o mallard drakes scu
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
o tea. This wis no lang eftir seeing the “Hoops” being crooned
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
et his heid aroon whit he wis seeing. It wis Broonie who screamed
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
she has dune, and I canna get seeing her inside. I should like unc
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
nk too. Can you still do that seeing their not selling it on the p(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
vy_gallacher that wid b barry seeing the hibs didnae make it lol (2020) twitter link
nRBrown85 had the pleasure of seeing both semi finals and then a c (2021) twitter link
onawhillansx @JackGilchrist__ seeing its u shona - a hope they da (2021) twitter link

West Central

@MizLiot tweeted
@lokiscottishrap I am SICK o seeing my country get lied tae an th (2021) twitter link

Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
er it wiz no earlier. That is seeing as she condemned her only son
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
the rest of her life without seeing other members of the family.
- if you’re going to start seeing things, might as well make it
2 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
disnae like us enough to keep seeing us. Ah’m no surprised, ken,
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
plain it is tae dae it." (An, seeing as how ye might fancy hivvin on page 27

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
all the gigs" "That hurt man, seeing you guys run away like that" on page 3

1 matches

Ayrshire

Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
re aw ower the excitement o seeing each other, it’s straight i
1 matches

General Central

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
ay, the best feeling there is seeing their wee face light (2020)
ssFlyByNight @AndyTelferLegge Seeing ma wee man's cute face. https(2020)

@g_hibby tweeted
tae hell in a handcart Des... Seeing less o' ma peeps everyday mat (2023) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
w and venue. Look forward tae seeing you all in 2015!?(2014)

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
ley I cannae believe whit I'm seeing. Jeez. ?????(2019)
dunbar147 Looking forward tae seeing it x(2018)
kayscot Gorgeous couple! Love seeing auld photies.(2018)

@billykayscot tweeted
second tier. Look forward to seeing him progress farther against (2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
This is why we're still seeing people wandering aboot tesco (2020)

@rattlecans tweeted
ma first jaw-dropping moment seeing the Dali, and no jist the day (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
s by trapping the reader into seeing the action through the eyes o on page 84

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
Braw seeing @scotgov C-19 advisor and Pro(2020)
ff. Sunday gonnae be tough no seeing the mammies and daughters and(2020)
@drmarkjardine Seeing as Scots was then an official(2020)
nicoll3 That's what I thought seeing the photie.(2020)

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