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The word 'singing'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
singingOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.23025
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 3
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 262.1 2 1
SNO - South Northern 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 3
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 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 singing in Corpus

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Shetland

Jamieson, Robert Alan Sang Oda Post War Exiles, (Shetland For Wirds 2003) Shetland, poetry
Nothin fir news bit a singing kettle,
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
k geein it laldy :-) my first singing skylark o da year(2015)

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
@ArianaGrande can bang aboot singing and dancin wearing masks you (2020) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
o young fowk comin duncin an singing alang Princes Street, black a
1 matches

Mid Northern B

@McGoo1888 tweeted
blic intoxicating ah starting singing the rebs and they tried tae s (2021) twitter link

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
singing, singin
1 matches

General Northern

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
Stop singing that song, f----t, Justin say
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
h. Word oan the street is yer singing is awfa bonny. #BananasMin(2015)

@72redz1903 tweeted
966 It was great, found masel singing along tae a brilliant set - (2020) twitter link

@daleser23 tweeted
West ham fans singing at stupid fuckin song aboot b(2014)

(South) East Central

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
e is a programme o clesses on Singing in baith Scots and Gaelic wi
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
akers the other day. No mask, singing away. ??(2020)
ther day. Auld dear behind me singing away, nae mask. It’s all age(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ombe listening to that lassie singing n watchin the highlights oh t (2020) twitter link

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
Says she: 'They were made for singing an' no for reading; but you h on page 116

1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
wis hoo quickly fowks startit singing ‘Floor o’ Scotland’ aga
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
hon wis rare stuff ~ an we're singing an laughin aw the wey. Sae wh on page 73

1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
79: “[T]he art of musik and singing … is almaist decayit and sa
ed: “[T]he art of musik and singing … is almaist decayit and sa
2 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
poakit. 'I'm Huey and I'll be singing you the hits of the Rat Pack on page 6
anderin through the audience, singing intae aw the wummiin's faces. on page 7
'Ladies and gentleman, singing the hits of the Rat Pack, ple on page 25

3 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
Cathal wid prob''ly think ma singing is shyte. He'd probably be ri on page 3

1 matches

General Central

@ionafyfe tweeted
@donaldson_shona who will be singing tonight! Shona/Iona. Baith si(2020)

@jax6754 tweeted
ook Fest event 2 comedy and 1 singing ???(2014)

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
on the mend. Ye will be back singing like a linty afore ye ken. Aw(2019)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
or faces and went aboot doors singing or tellin jokes tae get a tre(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Watt, George T. Lallans 82 - Caul Stane, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
singing oot ower the inby pairks, on page 24

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
singing a song aboot Dhomnuill Dhuibh on page 50

1 matches

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