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The word 'walking'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
walkingOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus16.65437
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 3
MNB - Mid Northern B 393.1 3 2
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 17.7 7 4
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 21.2 16 8
SEA - South East (Borders) 62.4 5 3
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 walking in Corpus

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Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
walking the road tae the shore, on page 26

1 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Me walking boots are grim, on page 102

1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
rlin ?? i mind many moons ago walking aroond a midden and suddenly (2020)

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
pals, picking crowberries and walking D(2019)

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
Walking to nursery daday and since da (2018) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
s DIY, cooking, horse riding, walking and all aspects of country li on page 52

1 matches

Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
reetin or see a tall thin man walking aroon, bit abdy is ower feart
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ul the day ah saw a Solicitor walking doon Union Street wi his hand(2014)
This wee beastie has been walking aroon ma kitchie aa afterneen(2019)

Mid Northern B

Crawford, Jack The Pluffer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
peas. Faan I got there I wis walking aboot the hall ways and saw a
got him in the lug. Fan I wis walking doon the halls and I spotted
2 matches

Ritchie, John Fishin in the Findhorn, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
ing a gale. It was like I wis walking towards a plane propeller and
1 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
er and greener. Andrew starts walking by my side – I glance roon
1 matches

General Northern

@daleser23 tweeted
isodes o blue bloods. All the walking deads ina. Got all the modern(2013)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
rain a'day and stopped me fae walking hame fae the bar! Nae getting(2017)
My rave scene wis walking the mat doon Union St in 1962(2020)

@JoanHenry7 tweeted
burgh for a while. I remember walking home alone from a house party (2022) twitter link

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
'll do a strip search. You're walking. If I'm sprung, I'll get it b on page 1

1 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
walk usually consisted o him walking a hunner yairds, collapsing i
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
nest. Sannie grabbed Jim’s walking stick and chased the whittret
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
t of their penchant for sleep-walking,’ the doctor assured her pa
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@bluenosetaylor1 m8 al b walking ma dug shep roond the park lo (2020) twitter link
ure the pedestrians wont mind walking on the road through the puddl (2020) twitter link
ight for the working class - walking away is for cowards - lets h (2020) twitter link

Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
t, not the first of its kind: walking sticks, weather cocks, ornate
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ou should ask Hsien. He’s a walking lie detector.”
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
'A gang of them jumped him walking a girl home, Mr McGiver. It's on page 54

1 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
ike the wee pups?' He started walking up the stairs and heading tae on page 40

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
ught us some whelks,' ah say, walking intae the living room. on page 2

1 matches

General Central

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Ye're walking in a trance. on page 35

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
hils (www.scottishsport.co.uk/walking/ochils.htm), an fae the tap a on page 65

4 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
bs of God (later renamed This Walking Shadow) wis aheid o its time
h would require the dog wants walking or the dog wants to be walked
2 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
could happen here? I’d been walking oor dog Lugs – we called hi
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
lf the day, I wis checking ma walking shoes thought cannae believe (2020)
@Dougmcg1 He's a walking shite he wid just float, we n(2020)
I got to go hame soon I'm no walking in that ??(2020)

@jax6754 tweeted
d I also got some exercise by walking??? xxx(2015)
ell done guys! Tonight I'm 1. Walking tae aqua-aerobics 2.Deain cla(2015)
rr26 Yes it was and why a wis walking doon the harbour lookin at bo(2015)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
IT @Jeggit A freen o mine wis walking doon a street in Belfast a wh(2020)

@ThonJacobite tweeted
IT @Jeggit A freen o mine wis walking doon a street in Belfast a wh(2020)

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
When walking hame it's times like these on page 38

1 matches

@cammyrudkin tweeted
@Bulla7 @aidanreilly6 like walking threw the soorage??(2012)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
ing it hard this time o year. Walking aboot wi 40 per o gucci train(2020)
s. Plenty fluid and food. Gid Walking boots and clothing, poles may(2020)
ly6 what div ee ka twae pakis walking along hawick high street? #to(2012)

South West (Galloway)

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Walking The Line on page 161

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
ghurt brekky. Eating healthy, walking loads, lightest weight in 25 (2020)

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