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Use in varieties of Scots

scratchin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.7 11.8 0 0 5.8 0 17.7
Number of occurrences2823 0 0 1 0 4
Number of authors17 14 1 2

Occurrences of scratchin 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

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
Some scratchin roon the Yale loack an the ke on page 8

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
nny looks an Ian McGuire's ay scratchin. Andrew an Fraser're no bad. on page 1

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
'Daisy; she says, scratchin a nail against the corner ae on page 1

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
mindless drones sittin aboot scratchin their baws in the hope the lo on page 92

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
scratchin meh nose on page 19

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
yin it cause he's always pure scratchin himsel. He sits in front ae m on page 169

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
mortified if she could see me scratchin away at the flakey grey paint on page 45

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Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Smashin hoose windaes and scratchin the cars. on page 5

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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
kept oan scratchin her bum on page 7

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Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
yin it cos he’s always pure scratchin himsel. He sits in front ae m
ther sittin next tae him pure scratchin his heid, but ah canny unders
2 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
ile, slevers an aa! It sterts scratchin the hell oot o’ its left lu
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Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
There’s naebody doun there scratchin their heids speirin whaur aa
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Daein it yersel, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
Efter days o scratchin ma heid ower hou it wis ma pe
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Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
roon the close, the sound ay scratchin paws scuttlin roon the stairw
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
t wae each stride, swipin and scratchin doon the back ay the cunt’s
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Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
wee dug fae doon ri close wis scratchin' et ma door s'A lerrum in an'
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Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
th right behind us, its claws scratchin the surface ay the concrete f
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
The neebur's cat wis scratchin' et ma door Sae a geid it som
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Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
Some scratchin roon the Yale loack an the ke
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Shetland

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
ess wi da hard tufts a girse, scratchin my bare legs an leavin red we
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Scratchin come frae the windae again. S on page 32
was sute I heared a wee moose scratchin. Leonard laid a wheen o traps on page 56

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Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
soart o animal it wus) scratchin an scraepin aal roon the chim on page 39

1 matches

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