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The word 'worryin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
worryinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.12016
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
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
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 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)
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) 36.3 2 1

Occurrences of worryin in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
rld," Ruth tocht, "Here am I, worryin aboot no hearin fae my anes f on page 78

1 matches

Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
d, an skipperin a boat, an me worryin me hert oot.
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ck Dow an she winna sleep fur worryin he's gaen aff her. Och, even
1 matches

General Northern

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
t ye bide wir Dinna want them worryin." on page 75

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
So I'm jist sittin worryin on page 164

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
rage in Aldo's eyes and _ the worryin glances ah wis gittin fae Cra on page 74
pairty. Ah've hud tae take a worryin amount ae paracetamol these p on page 175

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
om tryin tae keep hersel frae worryin. She pit the kettle oan, the on page 95

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
l. It’s aiblins a wee thing worryin frae a purelie ‘Scots Leidâ
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ot hissel in such a state, an worryin aboot how one day soon it cou on page 169

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
an bidie-ins, if they werenae worryin that their men micht no come on page 33
gettin mair an mair stresst, worryin whaur his ain boat wis, an if on page 34

2 matches

Edinburgh

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
he fizzy, citric tang had bin worryin him. An that wis when Niamh t
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Been up aw night, eh? Worryin aboot the mental trauma ah’
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
e stick, an actit like it wis worryin it: then Alice dodged ahint a on page 41

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
d. A think she's been kept up worryin aboot the meetin n probably m on page 52

1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
, thon hant teuk on a derker, worryin cast, for thair mither wis st on page 15

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Nae Tae Be Taein, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
a backwater, nae war thi worryin o, on page 41

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
a sing'l oor tae yer life bi worryin aboot ït. An why dae ye worr on page 7
ae add an oor tae yer life bi worryin aboot ït, sae, ïf ye cannae on page 92

2 matches

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