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The word 'thinking'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
thinkingOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus27.19056
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 3
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 22.9 7 5
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 42 4 3
DOR - General Northern 44.3 10 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 20.6 8 8
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 30.1 6 5
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 35.5 27 15
SEA - South East (Borders) 109 9 4
SWE - South West (Galloway) 83.7 6 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 62.8 2 1
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 thinking in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
It's me favourite thinking place on page 44

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Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ssical stuff they profess tae thinking is sublime. on page 48

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@peediepuss tweeted
a usual prefix in Orkney. I'm thinking mostly of older folk and the (2020)

Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
sive, sociologically-informed thinking.
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@Julie_Dennison tweeted
bairns in da lights and I’m thinking “How ir dey in here dir no 1 (2018) twitter link

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
y feel my heart ache just fae thinking aboot having to think aboot c(2020)
I am smiling thinking o da bairns. https://t.co/9kd(2020)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ee pink flooerie an the wirds Thinking of you oan the front. "Nellie on page 25

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
t fit they caa the conceptual thinking ahint this muckle gless box I
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Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
catcht ma braith mony a time thinking mibbes he’d drap e stick an
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Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
mmunity. So what? Ye micht be thinking. Well it wiz aifter I’d dof
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
video recorders in the 80s an thinking they were iver sae funcy! Fit(2018)
these jaickets in the 80s an thinking they were richt funcy! https:(2018)
ah reflect upon VJ Day ah’m thinking o ma grandfaither fa served i(2020)

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
'Ay, A'm thinking that ee're a much younger maa on page 80

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Abel, Charlie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
Fin I found masell thinking o' things in wirds o' ma ain, on page 25

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The Flying Pigs Use of the common good fund for slap-up feed merely follows in grand old tradition, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
But this got me thinking. Could me and ony o’ the th
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The Flying Pigs The ‘Naked Cleaners’ idea is appalling. It’s sexist, demeaning, and at £80 an hour, steep, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
r leggings. Plus I canna stop thinking aboot fit could happen if she
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General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
squad wi wingers and forward thinking players at the expense of a s (2023) twitter link
@thecoastguy Ken fit you’re thinking - white lives matter eh? (2020) twitter link
@PeatWorrier Wis thinking the same min (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
th gid English swayed me when thinking of fitever young loon gets a (2020)
chreuder92 Eggactly fit I was thinking #standfree(2020)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
w owners o the Fittie Bar are thinking as price o a nip and a half h(2016)
day the day. But fit tae dee? Thinking o' a wak up the beach bit nae(2017)
@lisafaulkner1 wiz thinking o deen ma ayn cook book. Corn(2017)
Thinking o'getting a new dug since he (2018)
ling_silver aye fit like, I'm thinking o'treating yon wifie o' mine (2018)

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
on and the Moose. This got me thinking aboot reworking mair o Aesop' on page 3

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
So you think he's thinking on page 60

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
When thinking of the agony of those who fou on page 122

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McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
ions, memory, unique modes of thinking, meaning and expression”.
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Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
erse fae their elbae. He wiz thinking tae himself, "Ah’ll be surp
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Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
Awbodie wuid be staunin aroon thinking whit a bonnie lassie ye was,
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@DavidJWood2 tweeted
_cheeky Good ! I went tae bed thinking about your wee girl, and gave(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
lowland league thinking about awarding the league to (2021) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ien's readin quately or juist thinking tae hissel, on page 119

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Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
iminoal behaivyoor. Start biy thinking ov sum interesting qestyins y on page 41

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Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
were the richt yins, so A’m thinking aw that, and how, actually wh
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Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
younger man. “A very quick-thinking friend.”
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Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
le," said the Dormoose, wioot thinking aboot it at aw this time. on page 73

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Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
ze and ma belly got sore jist thinking aboot it. "Wee fishes eating on page 36
tae drink. But a couldnae be thinking like that. A had tae think ab on page 39

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Kennedy, Julie Ma Mum and William Wordsworth, (Howkin Words Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1399988971) Central, prose
'I was thinking that.' on page 15

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Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
hat’s jist because she kept thinking aboot us leavin her here hers
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Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
e were happy here. Ah suppose thinking aboot it noo, the very proces
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General Central

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
en he was in their place, and thinking on the months to come when on on page 3

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
ye'll come roond ti ma wey o thinking on page 35

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ays here daes shaw whit kin o thinking is gauin on amang the fowk in on page 110

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McCabe, Mary Lallans 73 - Soond shift, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
sleekit shift in aw wur wey o thinking on page 49

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
uence ower Christian European thinking an sae it becam awmaist a her
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Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
’re aw laughing and no even thinking aboot Lugs, no even thinking
aboot Lugs, no even thinking any o it might matter. Ali lo
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Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
m, no sayin anything, no even thinking really, jist sittin. Ah felt
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
@JaneyGodley Wow I am never thinking they cannae get any worse aga(2020)

@g_hibby tweeted
@BenartyComputer @hibee_mad Thinking o' just sayin' nowt' from now (2022) twitter link
J Thank you Gwennie.. We were thinking of going oot, but Pat says it (2023) twitter link
Thinking I'm happy no having a link ta (2023) twitter link

@RickHJohnston tweeted
Your UNION according to your thinking has rendered Scotland to be T (2022) twitter link

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
Relativism? I may be talking, thinking bunkum.(2020)

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
@Sayers33 Superb! Set that thinking to mair than just decent!(2020)

@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
canny dae ma work the day fur thinking aboot it. Aff it’s heid righ(2020)

@billykayscot tweeted
dfc front man Simon Murray’s thinking “this will dae nuthin tae qu(2020)
sae I still yaise it withoot thinking. Pronounced mair like thur.(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
idnae leave Scotland but ah'm thinking aboot travellin tae the far E(2020)
Miggins Jings, and here wis I thinking that cockwomble had fucked af(2020)
uid idea Alex. I'm liking yer thinking(2020)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
icolytes in the party tae her thinking. (2022) twitter link
Saorse - you're using clear-thinking and logic. The gender-pish wo (2022) twitter link

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
alise how much you do without thinking about it. And how difficult i (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
Tae ma wey o thinking, gin the U.K. hed been foondi
frae maimorie, An A fin masel thinking i parteeklar on place naems a
A’ve juist been thinking thit thar wur mebbies nae Pet
A’m nou thinking aboot it laest twae fock at b
kan juist jalousie Tammy’s thinking is hei strampit, wi crutches
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The Westender Pipin for the Young Yins, (The Hawick Paper 2008) Southern, newspaper
be the police. Bit it got mei thinking. There's a grand muckle hall
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@jamie_ginger tweeted
Wasni broken doon. Cheers for thinking aboot is thou.(2013)
ornet_2011 no sure yet bungle thinking aboot it.trying to get moved (2012)

@officialAliRed tweeted
Thinking of this yin on what would've (2020)

South West (Galloway)

Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - The Scaffie Man’s Tale, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
in twa minds as ye can tell, thinking it through. Since Ah cam aff on page 113

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@StuartPoet tweeted
word we grew up using without thinking a thing about. My uncle bred (2020)
f fae 5, 10, 20 years ago and thinking, that's no bad, just needs a (2020)
What a team indeed. Thinking of and prepping for all. Guid(2020)
@ScotPlaywright Aye, was thinking same. Wee bit chittery oot by(2020)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
oon went Alice efter it niver thinking fur yin minute hoo shae wus g on page 8
, waatchin the settin sun, an thinking o wee Alice an at hir wunnerf on page 124

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