A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

returnin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.7 5.1 4.5 0 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences1510 3 0 1 0 1
Number of authors13 8 3 1 1

Occurrences of returnin in Corpus

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Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
rousit late frae hir bed, aft returnin afore gloamin fir she wis fel on page 14

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
tae play a nicht at a waddin, returnin tae find that they had in fac on page 29
ghty Ferry waitin tae see the returnin ships, an hou they sat in the on page 33

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Stuart and Boab, wanderers returnin,
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
warld for a day or twa but on returnin fund that mony or hunners o y
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 81 - Chynge for chynge’s sake?, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
Returnin tae Auld Inglis deorc, are we
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
aitin on her husband Odysseus returnin hame; an Philomela whase tong
w that happens. I saw Theseus returnin hame tae Athens an forgettin
2 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
on tae the egress point an’ returnin’ back tae the students anâ€
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
id fur a moment or two, afore returnin wae aplomb as ah break the su
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Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
nks. Ah can feel mah strength returnin. Ye should try this, Bruce .. on page 40

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
a osprey returnin hame tae it's nest, wi a fish
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Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
bed at hame – and I wis in returnin some buiks. He wis there, and
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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
njoyin da patterns and colour returnin tae my gaerden http://t.co/zQ(2014) search twitter

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
Returnin' Curns on page 38

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