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Use in varieties of Scots

driftin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.7 8.2 7.5 9.9 17.4 20.7 4.4
Number of occurrences2816 5 1 3 2 1
Number of authors20 12 3 1 2 1 1

Occurrences of driftin in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
doucely driftin seawart on page 90

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
middle ae the road, her hair driftin in his face, her body in his on page 1

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
heir time tae swallae islands driftin in their dwyne. on page 77

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
ays lik' a flat-bottomed boat driftin' doon the Clyde, eh? Ye'd huv on page

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Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
ke, wi' seaweed fur his hair, driftin' doon an' doon. Aye, an' then on page 16

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ssin minute ah find ma thoats driftin oaff intae the realms ae what on page 80

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
will keep a body tentie o ony driftin awa fae the chosen spelling. on page 13

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
haist, her white waddin dress driftin slowly ower the on page 157

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
The driftin leaves an flushes eik up dips on page 74

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
it in Strathclyde, mair style-driftin alang a continuum (in Aitken' on page 9

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
The driftin leaves an flushes eik up dips on page 58

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - Droozie Driftin, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
Droozie Driftin on page 92

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Clark, Thomas Tae Kathleen Jamie, an ither Scots Scrievers, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
unin an then we're aff again, driftin awa.
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Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
xa, ma wee sparra,” ah say, driftin aff.
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
win had drapped. Snaa. Snaa, 'driftin doon slaa', nae makin a soun, on page 29

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
irped up Chairlie, a wee vyce driftin up throw the haar. on page 88

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
e cauld oot, fur the snaa wis driftin roon the waas like a cat rubb
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Her man Neil wis driftin aff tae sleep, the pre-med. d
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Legge, Robert Oot in the Middle o Naewye, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
The soon o the wind driftin ower the braes
1 matches

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A gale blowin, a boat driftin on page 151

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Sae mony men awa ta herrin driftin, on page 62
driftin cloods an da siller wings on page 65

2 matches

Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
e fur yun waters, jöst kinda driftin withoot pooer, an nae sign o
1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Driftin til Daith on page 37

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Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
nor sklif the driftin sand.
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
er the rawlin September tide, driftin throu the watter, baskin in i on page 50

1 matches

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