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The word 'constantly'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
constantlyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92319
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 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 35.5 8 4
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
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)

Occurrences of constantly in Corpus

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Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - The Three Hooses, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, weans
"And constantly varying inspiration for artis
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Bittie aboot oor Doric dialect, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Inverurie, blog
anna identify wi. Language is constantly evolvin an sae must we.
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@FaeFoggie tweeted
on there is just nae richt. I constantly see @scotsfilmguy moan aboot (2019)

General Northern

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
hard tae concentrate fin ye'r constantly on yer guard. on page 59

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@72redz1903 tweeted
oys some delicate indy’s fah constantly worry aboot aye painting Scot (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ties every other day. THE WHO constantly praisin they'm fur their cond on page 54

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Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
“Whit aboot Sid, he didnae constantly lee tae ye, did he?” Sid (G
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West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
thing. She took it ill tae be constantly tellt on page 22

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Ma frend is constantly on a diet because she thinks on page 146
ly person ah know that disnae Constantly want tae strangle ma sister, on page 169

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Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
cer patrolling the corridors, constantly moving its heid every time it
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@annieones tweeted
@Lenniesaurus Aye, constantly telt tae speak "proper Englis (2021) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
in particklar at yon time wis constantly on the verge o panic. As ane on page 25

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Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
ggered off. Their canon fired constantly. Fortunately the grund didnae
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Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ting her phone back but she's constantly lookin err her shooder in cas on page 31

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
r than a vibe actually, she's constantly statin it as fact. Ah imagine on page 29

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General Central

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
constantly. on page 22

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
observit, bot also spokin and constantly affirmit be Men of Jugement a
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@bigandymccoll tweeted
t the Fringe. People flyering constantly. Howsabout Flying Flyerers. ? (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
An yet ee ay constantly stand oan eer heid - on page 45

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