Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'shockin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

shockin	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	6.2	20	16
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	11.6	2	2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	3.3	1	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	11.9	1	1
DOR - General Northern	8.9	2	2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	7.7	3	1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee	31.9	3	1
EDN - Edinburgh	12.6	2	2
GLA - Glasgow	10.9	2	2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	5.3	4	4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of shockin 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.

Shetland

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
just bliss dee, Nannie! I’m shockin !’
1 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
tin, likes o Tom Leonard’s; shockin ad hoc rendeitions o urban sl
1 matches

Mid Northern A

@FaeFoggie tweeted
n unlucky to nae get aa 3pts? Shockin first half but much better se(2019)

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
side for aa tae see. It was a shockin disgrace, A'm here tae tell y on page 88

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
the waas' o this fleer were a shockin pink an, the doors
1 matches

@Franwella tweeted
lazy n ma wrappin skillsr shockin ?? x(2018)

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@macca1875 @PrestonAYFC shockin m8 - the 3g at pinkie was do (2020) twitter link
per m8 - n the challenge wis shockin - get big andy carol tae sho (2020) twitter link
ry fir a visit - how fucking shockin is that btw - get up there n (2020) twitter link

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
That's shockin that, so it is on page 46
Shockin on page 57
that ir shockin. on page 109

3 matches

Edinburgh

Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
iracle tae hear. Owerwhelmin. Shockin in its ordinariness.
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
a hammer? The pair bugger’s shockin ’ awa’ gettin’ a serious
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
a shockin thing tae speak aboot on page 12

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
ally hink am up tae nae good. Shockin, on page 176

1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
if Great-Granda thocht it wis shockin that lassies cut aboot wi lim on page 52

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ritin, likes o Tom Leonard's; shockin ad hoc rendeitions o urban sl on page 56

1 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
mesKelly The price o breid is shockin AND thon man wis provoked int (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
it's made by black folk tae. Shockin.(2020)