A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

formin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5 7.2 0 0 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences1614 0 0 2 0 0
Number of authors14 12 2

Occurrences of formin 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

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
the goads, the maist skeelie, formin the sun frae gowd, the mune f on page 14

1 matches

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Definin leemits, formin ideas. on page 197

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
n hou? Fer wha will likely be formin oor government will hae nae a on page 81
r sae later ither groups were formin an enterin the fray, but bi t on page 103

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Wan o them is o pink flooers formin the word 'Mother'. The other' on page 112

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
life stertin an endin wi the formin an shapin o wuid is clear tae
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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
it we hear wull len a haun in formin the immediate actions taen, a
1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
wauken up wi cranreuch an ice formin on the inside o yer bedroom w
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ee bit ay white foam that’s formin roon the side ay his mooth. I
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
light shone through a windae, formin a perfect white rectangle, pr
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
avity pullin at its slebbers, formin a stringy stalactite ay drool
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
ye laugh an’ makes ye sick Formin’ ma ain personal point a’
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
erior and sicweys incapable o formin mensefu freenships in the ae
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Facebook link ( 2021) Central
huv the remainin Cameronians formin guard-pickets an the service

Shetland

Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Minni-Babbi, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, prose
ssin apö da spindrift at wis formin ower da waves. Hit wis in dee
1 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
ta avoid contact an basically formin alibis fir yir holiday activi (2021) twitter link

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