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The word 'fallin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fallinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.74215
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 51.6 20 2
WCE - West Central 44.4 10 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 58.1 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 56.9 2 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of fallin in Corpus

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Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
and the feathers fallin out o yer tail. on page 144

1 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
Quality, wis compressit by a fallin tree on the B574 tae Fetterki on page 118

1 matches

(South) East Central

Calder, Bob Lallans 70 - St Anndra’s Day, 2008, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
nae eventide fast fallin but the slow rise
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - The Man Wha Jeopardeized The Continued Existence O The Universe, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
towarts the easin. "A fallin stern."
thie-like. "Ilk time ye see a fallin stern, ye can mak a
fallin stern." Juist twa thrie saico
"A wush A saw anither fallin stern," Dauvit straucht gien
fallin stern. Ay; thare it is. A wus
19 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
FRUIT DROPS KEEP FALLIN ON MA HEAD on page 169

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Fallin on page 65
Fallin on page 68
Fallin on page 69
Fallin on page 81
Fallin on page 82
Also on pages 84
8 matches

Percy, Ely The Family Situation, (The Interpreters House.org 2020) Central, prose
FRUIT DROPS KEEP FALLIN ON MA HEAD.
1 matches

Edinburgh

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
lik the earth wis swellin an fallin aneath his feet as he began t on page 8

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
the rotation, orange bombers fallin fae the tip. The on page 4
y the tap men n everyone else fallin in behind. Big blue eyes, nat on page 26

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
y the paint fumes, the nights fallin intae a stupor of tiredness o
1 matches

General Central

@fourmenterian tweeted
reechin' and bawlin' all over Fallin #ScotRiots(2015)

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
s smashed to the pieces after fallin forward... ????(2020)

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Ye know the walls are fallin, on page 45

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Dickey, William Yarns 3 - Annual General Report, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ballymena, prose
front twa rows had tae dodge fallin slates during a performance o
1 matches

General Ulster

Adams, Rab Yarns 3 - A Ghost Story, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ulster, prose
cht tha dure openin an Gemmel fallin oot. A wus drivin, an tha ree
1 matches

@HurchinHome tweeted
e hairtsome sunshine an a tha fallin leaves(2020)

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