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Use in varieties of Scots

avoidin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.2 6.4 4.8 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences1612 3 0 1 0 0
Number of authors12 8 3 1

Occurrences of avoidin 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.

Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ratin on every step he makes, avoidin broken glass n dug shite. "YA on page 14

1 matches

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
French minds us, as a means o avoidin an automatic - een benumbed, on page 36

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
open the front door as wey ae avoidin geein him the satisfaction ae on page 117

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
r Nicola Buchanan, ah've been avoidin her lik the plague. She's bee on page 78

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
h sit at the back o the room, avoidin anywan who looks like they'll on page 6

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Ah rush doonstairs, narrowly avoidin trippin at the curve in the s on page 14
Ah cannae believe ah'm avoidin wan o ma ain, but ah'm naw ga on page 60

2 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
s gaun. Ah keep ma heid doon, avoidin eye contact an as soon as the
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
im but the cunt dinghies him, avoidin eye contact. ‘Here, ah’m
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Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
d spent months o’ ma life avoidin’ theym oan the streets an
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
er tae cover amang the rocks, avoidin saft grun. Hsien stuck close
“Ah’ve been avoidin ye,” he stertit.
2 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
aboot the flattened fillet an avoidin lookin it a reed-faced Chante on page 61

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
Gin yer nae ower fussed aboot avoidin the boorach o veesitors, ye c on page 4

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Rumbles, Brodie-Anne Recordin on Beep, (Scots Hoose 2022) Doric - Banff, weans
I say, makkin nae movement an avoidin sayin her surname.. the name
1 matches

Shetland

Priest, Ena Bonxie Geo, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
he wid hed fir hame. Dat ment avoidin dizens o muckle, black, coors
1 matches

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