A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'being'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
beingOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus92.7297109
ORK - Orkney 69.6 7 5
SHD - Shetland 75.6 13 6
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 65.4 20 7
MNB - Mid Northern B 524.1 4 3
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 177.8 15 4
DOR - General Northern 217.1 49 15
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 112.5 44 7
WCE - West Central 105.7 23 10
DUN - Dundee 53.1 5 3
EDN - Edinburgh 50.2 8 3
GLA - Glasgow 86.9 16 6
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 1
LAL - General Central 82.8 62 27
SEA - South East (Borders) 212.1 17 5
SWE - South West (Galloway) 111.2 8 6
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) 2369.7 1 1
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 28.1 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of being in Corpus

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Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
ppiness was complete. I loved being a mum and could spend oors ju on page 21

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Brown, Moyra Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
being pulled through the starlight on page 29

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Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
hen they discovered they were being posted tae the Twatt Aerodrom
1 matches

Peace, Courtney The 'Guid' Life, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
Ah'm no carin fur being clerted in gutter,
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@peediepuss tweeted
ossible amount of electricity being released up there. I always w (2020) twitter link
nd. A wrong in the business o being righted(2020)
must be the concept of Orkney being the axis of the world. We go (2020)

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
e been told the chances of it being successful are small, and sud on page 25

1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - The Three Hooses, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, weans
he South House - it's always being expanded and extended. Why do
1 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
aye mind da fardest in street being caad "Andrewston".

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ken aboot da flooers but mind being telt dat folk ate da bulbs in(2019)
aroond a midden and suddenly being struck with love at first sig(2020)
and da community. Thanks for being such a good hotel, from payin(2020)
old friends near Ronas Hill. Being free fae sheep and relatively(2020)
f his lead for da first time. Being a #tripawd isna a barrier tae(2017)
and 2 other occurrences.

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
@WyndhamSusan yes, but being most likely a mishearing of '(2020)
(Can you even imagine being the kye in that scenario, how(2020)

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
rly broken me. Its exhausting being responsible for the emotions (2019) twitter link

North Northern B (Caithness)

@JamesAmcvean tweeted
amed for their party faithful being unfaithful and peach voting T (2021) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"You're so lucky being married to a painter. It soun on page 44

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ll in the bedroom and, if I'm being honest, some weeks it was so on page 76

2 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
k midden; it's jist gweed for being cassen oot. Gin ye've lugs ta on page 106

1 matches

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
arners maun be recognised for being bilingual an win the chaunce
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
sel ower the past fyowe wiks, being far mair concerned aboot Mich
nymair. Aathing she loved wiz being teen fae her, even the very b
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
turned fin he heard the file being closed and wi a wry smile tee
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Hutchison, Pat If I Catch Ye I'll Eat Ye, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
en themsels tae thank him for being so brave.
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
The letter wiz worn wi age an being handled. Thirty-five years hi
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
nae stranger tae work wi her being the eldest of a family of sev
she felt though that she wiz being watched and wid feel the goos
tellt Jessie aboot Lord Braco being a lawyer doon in Edinburgh an
3 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Portrait Christmas orders are being taken by Mrs Doric Phrases Se(2017)
ciation received 10 invites & being registered disabled, she kind(2018)
was worried about Deer Abbey being demolished because she though(2018)

@FaeFoggie tweeted
hop and hiv yi ivver thocht o being a personal shopper. Cos I pro(2019)
@Bob55492332 Nae fermin being deen i morn.(2019)
d Hope you're comfortable and being looked after. Virtual bosies (2021)

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
lliant tae see European links being maintained for young fowk (2021) twitter link

Mid Northern B

Ritchie, John Fishin in the Findhorn, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
anding such a big fish and it being my second ane a got a photo w
1 matches

Bowie, Tyler Stookie, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
. The next thing I knew I wis being hauled intae the back o an am
1 matches

@McGoo1888 tweeted
the rescuers got peeved at me being in kinks laffin.... (2022) twitter link
Imagine being an English if yer left wing.. (2022) twitter link

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
inition of purity of heart as being "to will one thing"? With ref on page 57

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
being wrang or facin the limits o h on page 23

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
dition will result in victory being awarded to the opposing party on page 90

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Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
a grunny up tae high doh ower being stuck in her hoose alone and
e queue yesterday aifter only being on hold for a mintie. The GP
tely run oot. I’m so fed up being stuck inside aa day. Honestly
wis full o unused energy fae being stuck inside for days on end.
dna get fit wye ma Grunny wis being so thraan aboot it, but in th
6 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
recognition is maybe just fae being this close to another human f
biding up this wye? Yer toon? Being by the sea?’ I ask.
2 matches

The Flying Pigs Use of the common good fund for slap-up feed merely follows in grand old tradition, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
een Sheriff Court, far he wis being tried for hoose-breaking and
er lad, I hope he disnae mind being back in court so soon efter h
2 matches

The Flying Pigs The ‘Naked Cleaners’ idea is appalling. It’s sexist, demeaning, and at £80 an hour, steep, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
wi a’ my kids’ birthdays being in September (Weird ’at, in
I mean, I’m nae being funny, but I canna look direc
2 matches

General Northern

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
it even so I telt her aff for being racist, although, I wisna rea on page 58

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Being in Spain or Italy on page 110
I mind being affside file playin roon by F on page 131
BEING FIR I' BENEFIT O' I' MANNIE F on page 133

4 matches

Wheeler, Leslie Brockit, the Ferm Toon Cat, (Grampian Regional Council 2000) Doric, weans
t wis missin fan the kye were being milked an the cat wis aye aro
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Nae sign o winter being ower wild,
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McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
You are being moved to Ward 6, just stay wh
1 matches

Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
hell coursed through ma very being ,for gods sake ah thocht .
1 matches

@sovereigndaisy tweeted
@nealrstewart Nah! Like being bested by yer cousin nae the (2019)

@72redz1903 tweeted
but that could easily end up being a lang road withoot something (2022) twitter link
rspectives - Miovski’s goal being denied wid have been a clear (2022) twitter link
enerally agree with the point being made in the post, but, there (2022) twitter link
@AberdeenFC @StJohnstone Nae being able tae connect brain tae fe (2022) twitter link
earthquake prediction o Cove being a challenge tae the Dons. Nex (2022) twitter link
and 13 other occurrences.

@beast_afc tweeted
@ScotlandNT Curly is gutted being given Considine tae mark. htt(2020)

@cligeey tweeted
@AllyMacabre And nae being a Tory(2020)
to see a job it widna be easy being a toonser noo(2020)
ough an interview nae used to being questions or being contered??(2020)
ile back aboot First minister being in North East I replied she i(2020)

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
tead you could describe it as being ‘hard as Hinnersins’. Etymo(2020)
toonin is the pain I get from being on my feet ower lang.(2020)

@Franwella tweeted
Wowzers jist noticed i'm being followed by @MorayFirthRadio (2012)
I'm nae being nasty, it's nae no coz i dinn(2011)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Geez, spik aboot ma legs nae being able to dee fit ma brain thin(2016)
oat feels like a razor blades being at it! Aye the flu bug is bac(2016)
Fit a day i' day. Being affa busy deen muckle nithing(2017)
aid exactly that 2 days efter being offered it, nae before as wis(2017)
o' mine fer a birthday meal & being a Fittie Loon & seen ya hive (2018)
and 3 other occurrences.

@glenlivetloon tweeted
um also spoke about something being as 'hard as Hinnerson's erse'(2020)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
nt, a bit like crabbit. "Stop being sic a kyard min" or "Stop bei(2020)
@DoricPhrases Aye. And being made te feel a richt feel, wy(2018)

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
is violently pit tae daith by being flung aff a cliff. on page 3
Being freens, they widna fecht on page 7

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Like being Irish, yet not so, in Ireland on page 57

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ed Bananas oan account ae him being a lunatic. He hud jist served on page 20
ianae huv this phobia against being yased as a clay pigeon. Each on page 122
e ma faither who wis too busy being engrossed readin aboot on page 187
very moment ma mind wis still being pulled fae yin direction tae on page 192
it didnae help that Mark wis being egged oan by his mates tae kn on page 199

5 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
Forsameikle as there being ane supplicatioune..In answer
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ie that feeds the muckle Dee, Being Intimate an To Christ. No lik
Being Intimate is gret fun as it ro
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Anne Donovan's "Being Emily"
Donovan's hinnermaist novel, Being Emily, shaws a faimly o Glesw
the buik shuid hiv been cried Being Fiona. Donovan's characters'
a unique pattren o thair ain. Being Emily is juist as comfortin t
Being Emily bi Anne Donovan publish
5 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ticker (probably due tae him being a bit on the podgy side).
really get on wi ither dugs, being quite jealous natured. His pe
t Davie wisnae really ma dug, being a Spitz type he wis a yin per
3 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
That wis doon tae Big Brenda being a Gilbert and Sullivan fan an
d Sullivan fan and the Mikado being her favourite example o their
2 matches

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
t multiple personalities, her being an alky doesnae help of cours
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
eftir seeing the “Hoops” being crooned champions o Europe in
ma minds ee I imagined masel being a sportin super star. I wante
2 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
s. Maybe they dismissed it as being Tuggs, the faimily cat, clawi
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
that, the baw wis at risk ae being wan ae the unfortunate few wh
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
s the Statement of Principles being prepared by the CPG include t
iscussion of the difficulties being experienced by the language a
2 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
Moira Sorry Moira, but I hate being lumped intae that shit when w(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
its certainly kept me going n being able to view live streams as (2020) twitter link
per great to see our money is being put to good use - ffs lol (2020) twitter link
@georgegalloway just a human being like everyone else - he is w (2020) twitter link
selfs in ur closet guys - ur being brainwashed lol (2020) twitter link
time the welsh folks stopped being boyo n stormed into these sup (2020) twitter link
and 10 other occurrences.

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
ome of the other applications being considered', but it is teuch on page 3

1 matches

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
being owre fasht by yir leevin spir on page 144

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
just one of the privileges of being in a wheelchair. on page 75

1 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
ce in the ceilidh wi ma ankle being so sair. I hirpled intae the
1 matches

Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
Ah lay doon in ma bed, it now being three in th mornin. A keeked
1 matches

Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
r in front of a crowd. I hate being in front o audiences, even ji
1 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
s no a contrivance, its no me being thrawn or a ProudScot ™, it
ld. The pouer o feelin we wir being listened tae, whitever tung w
2 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
an’ gie ye gubbin’ fer no being pure or true in the wye ye sp
juist yase it when a pal’s being a bampot. Is that no richt, y
ers. Somewhere fowk are no’ being attacked by the leid polis. M
checker is wan hing, but fowk being paid handsomely tae silence w
4 matches

Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
has even sometimes felt like being a fuit sodjer in the Thirty Y
1 matches

@MizLiot tweeted
épends on context. If ye’re being affectionate, friendly or ye (2021) twitter link
sed that a braw Scots word is being introduced tae the warld thro (2021) twitter link
that accusing Scottish fowk o being trolls for writing in their a (2021) twitter link
mours that AS isn’t actually being blocked frae ganging oan the (2021) twitter link
other me. He’s jist upset at being called oot on his creepiness, (2021) twitter link
and 3 other occurrences.

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
tion that Scotland's vyce wis being ignored - agin - seein as h on page 103

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ey launched against us, eftir being sentenced, was tae be as effe on page 103

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McKenzie, Roddy Cataracts, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2018) Central - Dundee, prose
Cheenged days noo. Thi bairns being heid bummers in thae biotecka
mair. Megic! Thit feeling of being “tap o` thi huhlltoon Ma”
2 matches

Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
e more stories about the dead being brought to life.”
1 matches

Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
the man to appear demeaned by being the cock-height of another ma
ng sensation of the wee prick being even close to yer vicinity. G
rising offence at offhandedly being called a tool. Ah’m no sayi
ah’m informed but the judge being too sensible for the shenanig
4 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“’m not just being sanctimonious,” Bill sayed.
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
ye like this, Rents, yer nips being touched. Ye dinnae shut up ab
ye said ye could come withoot being touched, did ye nae? Ah glare
ink that ah kin come wi’out being touched, ah need yin touch, j
3 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
We hud aw seen them in action being fired at unsuspectin cunts n on page 14
We aw turn away fae him being sick n there's a mighty uproa on page 20
s. Tellin a teacher, even wan being sound, is still grassin. We c on page 54
sed to each other. As well as being the victims of violence, they on page 54
"The boys aren't being charged?' Addison's maw asks, on page 56
Also on pages 59
7 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
telt me aboot the pond fishes being the same as dinner fishes and on page 36
didnae say anything aboot it being because the other lads were s on page 38
d keep ma dug and stop Da fae being mad. He wouldnae go mad over on page 42

3 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
, everyone does. It's part of being human. It's okay to regret th on page 1

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
nae need tae be; nae business being ashamed, neither he hus. It
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah’ll leave it fur the time being. Whatever it is, it’ll need
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
work. Tell me, what have you being doing to address this recentl
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
“Provisions are being put in place to keep the comp
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
um regard as the centre ae ma being, is the Portland Street suspe
1 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Cubismo Part II, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
siclik tae being the goalie
1 matches

Lehane, Matt Cubismo Part III, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
tae the state o being
1 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
n people in Scotland reported being able to speak Scots. on page 10
e a national language and was being called Scottis to distinguish on page 15

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
posted a status aboot a woman being too fond o the drink, she loo on page 85
ght hus modvated me mair than being stuck wi sickness masel. on page 89

2 matches

Strachan, Shane Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Onytime ye'r being glaikit, on page 22

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
the cannles were being snuffed ... on page 35

2 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
ment tae be rinnan roun efter being lowsed intil the schuilyaird. on page 17

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
the poor naked Falls of Bruar being so well received at Blair’.
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
cribe it thus: that the night being fair and frosty, there arose
uch amaze the beholders. They being examined by the minister and
2 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
that’s when yir right fir being abducted.
hat’s the worst feeling – being scared in case there's someth
he’s heavy fae the weight o being so still. I see him looking f
3 matches

Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
’ robust social identities. Being yoursel’ is the worst thing
ing data identities which are being mined and harvested and abuse
2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Matthew Fitt: a word aboot 'bad' language, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
t language. And Scotland. And being Scottish. And gettin telt aff
1 matches

Gillespie, Alan Mon the Rovers, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, prose
ibs played. I just mind there being hunners ay green seats. I say
chool on it. I mind everybody being dead relaxed. Cos, like, we w
2 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
owing ye Lisa but dinnae stop being great at what you do, all the(2020)
wid be upset... Got done for being disabalist and threatening hi(2020)
e worry I'm shite with names, being called union is worrisome so (2020)
dinnae care who pays for them being arseholes.(2020)
Soo bored, miss being bossed aboot life wis easier (2020)
and 5 other occurrences.

@alistairdunn tweeted
shannon nipping ma heed aboot being organised and ready for it!(2015)

@_Erinboyle_ tweeted
e expensive. Young people are being deprived of experiencing the (2021) twitter link

@FaetheRye tweeted
e, but it'll tae for the time being. ???????????????????????????? (2021) twitter link
@Albagal1314 Better than being in classroom learning things! (2022) twitter link

@g_hibby tweeted
, and mind and be wary for it being slippy underfoot... Nane o' y (2023) twitter link
haircuts nowadays.. I'm happy being a baldie... :) Cheaper tae bu (2023) twitter link
ere, but it's nae guid tae ye being miles away fae us.. ??... Sor (2023) twitter link
not_creg I'll put it doon tae being senior in years Craig... :) (2022) twitter link

@gordimhor1 tweeted
dy's haiverin oan anent Scots being a pretendy leid. Ah' ll just (2019)

@jack_capener tweeted
ious dialects exclude it from being a language? English, German, (2018)

@jax6754 tweeted
rest, as well deserved after being so busy! xxx??(2014)
Brazier @ComeCoachWithMe whur being coached is drawing positive J(2015)

@IshbelMcF tweeted
ken that it's muckle mair nor being 'unable tae hear', A'll consc(2019)
eturns. I feel like Rhymetime being a free event for babies might(2019)
mo about Halloween because of being Scottish. But not, like, how (2018)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
folk in the garden. Now I am being o/t and awkward but how does (2020)
@wgsaraband Sorry ab being a bit cheeky earlier. I did n(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
and milk and ither food stuff being delivered tae Scottish Univer(2020)
his ain party wid oppose him being replaced wae Sunak. He's been(2020)
@80_mcswan Being able tae gang intae a pub in (2020)
e tweet aboot trump's illness being mair transparent than a multi(2020)
icking it tae ye' is akin tae being battered ower the heid wae a (2020)

@fairpechtoot tweeted
ll be gled tae ken thit it is being taught! :-) Hard tae git awa (2016)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
rld (the UN mainly) how we're being held against our will. That w (2022) twitter link
his worst quote ever. He wis being too nice. I've lived amongst (2022) twitter link

@rattlecans tweeted
e fight tae protect women fae being raped in jail is no for them, (2022) twitter link
nts @artymortyarty I remember being more impressed wi Galileo's g (2022) twitter link
s violent cahunts.... imagine being her son, approaching adulthoo (2022) twitter link
A bit like folk in New Mexico being telt how it is gaunnae be, ra (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
, they can find oot aw aboot 'Being Burns', an dress up lik him a (2018) twitter link

@LowEndJardo tweeted
Am a being naive or could he no just hav (2021) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
Ah see we're being subjected tae the usual dose (2020)
sp The people of Scotland are being let doon by a LABOUR Party wh(2021)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
at firrst, an then, if Ah lik being yon person, Ah'll come up: if on page 19

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Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
disappeared, the Bryden’s, being the tentive faimlie at thay w
1 matches

The Westender Pipin for the Young Yins, (The Hawick Paper 2008) Southern, newspaper
the hall if other things are being duin there. A'm share the sto
1 matches

@jamie_ginger tweeted
ings and the computer is just being a c*nt. fuck right of. #techn(2020)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
eside, a dinnae consider them being English despite Normans succe(2020)
tae join ‘em. Nae keen & me being deaf and pointless tae liaise (2021) twitter link
ggins a empathise wi’ ye re; being oan yer ain whilk a huv exper(2020)
uate oor identity rather then being sae-called ‘English’ nae on(2020)
got in, ye cannae git oot and being part of em being a broom-nose(2020)
and 5 other occurrences.

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Being a channelled fragment of a lo on page 47

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
didnae ken, who gave all her being just fer them on page 41

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
a wifely thing Apologise fir being that fou. A lullabye is jist on page 40

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
being gien on page 86

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Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
or the poor diet. A remember being in Mrs McAdam’s classroom t
pure shame, the thought o’ being caught making me nauseous. Ho
2 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
@WeirdScotland @MinooFramroze Being an Ayrshireman, that'll dae m(2020)
ting work, writing, the hoose being sorted, plans & a certain pol (2021) twitter link

South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)

BardOfMilebush To A Merican Food, (Reddit 2017) Ulster, poetry
To A Merican Food (or on being an Ulsterman abroad)
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General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
n o spacers wi Neil Armstrong being #UlsterScots. Mind his quote. (2014) twitter link
AdamsSF is scunnered wi Irish being doon-graded by high heid yins (2014) twitter link