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explainin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.2 11.8 0 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2323 0 0 0 0 0
Number of authors16 16

Occurrences of explainin in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"Wid ye mind explainin it tae us?" said the Mock Tur on page 104

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
Efter explainin the situation, the boays wurn on page 31

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
ir wark for bairns tae be aye explainin things tae them. on page 10

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
h wis genuinely excited aboot explainin Aldo's character. But when ah on page 70
Ah swiftly reject the offer. Explainin tae him how ma heid's awready on page 76

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
an. Ah sent her umpteen texts explainin how ah'd met Frieda by accide on page 169

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Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
gettin oot the hoose, I tried explainin that video gemmes let ye play on page 24

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
omes us wi a smile and starts explainin whit we'll be gettin up tae. on page 6

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
anent article and structure , explainin hoo tae write an explanator t on page 5

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
ed tae tell him that he wisna explainin awfie weel, and he gied Wee G on page 14

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
I'm no even gonnae try explainin tae ye how terrible Violet, K on page 11

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ger. Helios wid hae hunners o explainin tae dae tae Zeus if Hercules on page 43

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
attie, wha begins ti narrate, explainin aw the fykie ins-an-oots as h on page 140

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Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
responsibly pockets explainin thit our mum widnae want me e
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
weeda drappin twa fardins" an explainin hou " this puir wumman has pi
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McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
y explained the procedure, by explainin’, “Pour it thru a pair oâ
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Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
explorin an explainin
Explainin hings
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
He wis still explainin, as faur as he kent, whan the
age. The Chinese owersman wis explainin that the Auld People wad loup
he hesitatit. She cudna stert explainin paleontology tae Raggle. “Q
ae her knees. She heard Guzul explainin: “First time. Ne’er seen
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Bratchpiece, Neil The Wee Man Ft. Leo - Parliamo Glasgow, (YouTube 2014) Central - Glasgow, poetry
hy I'm scunnered, I'll get to explainin'
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