A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'markin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
markinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.11714
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 2
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 2
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 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) 116.3 2 2
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 markin in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ony knives his dad wir oot re-markin lugs. John wis da onnly ane a on page 73

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
3.2 Inflectional morphemes: Markin wirds fir grammatical informa on page 43
lan haes twa different wyes o markin negation: a on page 88

2 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
lyin in bed dain some school markin, eh? and suddenly stoaped wha on page 70

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Can ye no see the markin?
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
in jist as Mister Morris is markin her aff. Punishment exercise, on page 47
s heid back doon an continued markin his papers. Nicola made an O- on page 169

2 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
markin his purpose lack at hame, on page 18

1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
id use a pair of tights. When markin’ Adie’s paper, it was fou
ed tae me, indignantly, efter markin’ her furst test in her new
2 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
markin a scrowe on page 44

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
rong ay people scuttlin aboot markin the beginnins ay the mornin r
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
s the arched sandstone towers markin the entrance tae the footbrid
1 matches

General Central

Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
cher, was sittin at her desk, markin a wheen o jotters. on page 37

1 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
printin, nae photocopyin, nae markin: https://t.co/uzId2ZsS5B #Sco (2019) twitter link

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
The markin ar itsel a cast oot scrat. on page 42

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Yeirs Oo scuil fae markin time on page 37

1 matches

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