A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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touchin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.4 19 13.6 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences4637 9 0 0 0 0
Number of authors28 22 6

Occurrences of touchin 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

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
move him?' he shouts. 'Ahm no touchin him wi mah bare hawns.' on page 31
'Nae time ae talk, mate. Ahm touchin cloth here.' on page 61

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
up tae. No tae shift it. Just touchin. Kissin the jack. on page 1

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
nd deep, her chin practically touchin her chest. The pen goes wild, on page 1

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ty quid note withoot actually touchin her hands. on page 140

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ere wi her feet naewhaur near touchin the flair, richt thirled tae on page 9
like somebody wha's jist been touchin somethin manky. on page 149
able tae move somethin wioot touchin it, if it micht hae somethm t on page 174
ae gar a thing tae move wioot touchin it or blawin on it or gettin on page 186

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an touchin eis baaz on page 118

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
her back cause she wis always touchin her hair, an her ma wis Pat-Y on page 121

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
. His feet didnae seem tae be touchin the groond at aw, He could he on page 54
lose look, his neb jist aboot touchin the ticket. The ithers watche on page 57

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
barred fae touchin. He had made solemn promises on page 19

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
fund baith hilarious an affa touchin. A'v aye loved comedy that's on page 58

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
MOIRA: I'm no touchin it! on page 60
I'm no touchin it, I telt ye! Ye'll hiv tae on page 67

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
touchin at the wan end, but no at the on page 81

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
gettin the dry boke jist fae touchin them." An as he said that, he on page 48
Poe had telt them, "isnae for touchin until Violet comes o age." on page 53
Her feet touchin the side o the stane touer an on page 121
o a sudden Violet fund hersel touchin a piece o metal raither than on page 122
ny back doon. But naebody wis touchin Violet's shooder. Coont Olaf on page 158

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
o tall they look like they're touchin the sky. on page xiv
my breakfast, but ah won't be touchin it wi a bargepole. Last night on page 84

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Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Red on Maroon, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
touchin me on page 111

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
age bi crossin yer fingers an touchin wuid.
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Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
an thinkin aboot thon wumman touchin ma airm. A dichts ma nose wi
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Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
finition o garbage - if it's touchin garbage, it IS garbage. Tae d
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
the lave o that day wi’oot touchin on serious topics again. She
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Ewen, Allan The Blin Man an the Man Wha Couldna See, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
aar?” speired the blin man. Touchin the heivens, towerin like eti
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grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
t it. Ye ever come from this? Touchin’ yersel like this? His voic
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@billykayscot tweeted
st quote tweeted it - whit a touchin scene.(2020) search twitter

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
ous an yer bonnie wee fit nae touchin the ground ???? (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
ugie Ross wis up in Coort for touchin coos in an 'inappropriate man(2021) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
walk athort his parks athoot touchin girse or grun or dyke - gin on page 29

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
ein draan alang, his feet nae touchin grun, floatin like a fedder a on page 41

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ssin throwe. Jist leukin; nae touchin; nivver buyin; aye winda shop on page 78

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
clock; yer pintwirk's needin touchin up; yer rear bumper's trailin on page 69

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
tae mak it leuk like they are touchin the tap o the kirk while taki on page 11

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
‘Ah said, ‘but Ah’m nae touchin him. Ah’m gaan ti get help.
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
wi naebody touchin them. Then a T.V. pundit expl
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
as muckle's a skirp o watter touchin hoof nor mane, wi the help o
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ed here wiz Catty and its paw touchin her cheek like he used tae de
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