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The word 'answerin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
answerinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus62017
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 6
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of answerin in Corpus

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
Radio. 'A tortoiseshall cat, answerin tae da name o 'Mitten' is bö
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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
's the hinmaist time Ah'll be answerin ony adverts. Fit a drap Ah ga on page 57

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Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
twa mair. Again there cam the answerin notes. He played a puckle mai on page 88

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(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Craig paused fur a bit before answerin and ah could tell he wis geei on page 96

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
onie serious thocht at aw tae answerin the questions on Scots an the
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West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
'W... U... T,' Eric said, answerin too quickly. on page 145

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Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
suddenly stoppit seein her or answerin her messages. She confrontit
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
p a few people but naecunt is answerin or they jist dinnae want tae
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Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ved at the Caterpillar's only answerin in very short remarks, an she on page 45

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Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
, ah’m tellin ye. Ah’m no answerin it.’ Tam sais, grabbin ma a
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Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
hit’s up wae ye pal? Yer no answerin yer phone an ye’ve no been
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Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
r, an gied thenks tae God for answerin his prayer. on page 29

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General Central

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
ings tae dae than staun aboot answerin fowk's stupid questions aw da on page 2

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
nd, no waitin tae hear Pooh's answerin 'Fareweel, and thank ye, Wee on page 135

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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
improvements, an as sic whan answerin this consultation ye wull mib
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 59 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, newspaper
t’s sae aesie as faa intil, answerin aa thae emails in the deil o
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@OliphantWullie tweeted
e fir spikin Scots in schuil. Answerin the door, the heidie sighed a (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
and wha ah'm supposed tae be answerin ??????). (2021) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
dug, then bowks et me fir no answerin her, before the dug gets scre
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Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
cudnae believe tha wye he wus answerin an tha much he knowed. Whan M on page 73

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